LOWE IN TAX TROUBLE
ROB LOWE is in trouble with the tax office - the actor has been accused o f owing $269,000 (=C2=A3179,333) in back payments.
Officials at America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have filed a lien against the West Wing star and his wife, Sheryl Berkoff, alleging they o we the massive sum in income tax payments dating back to 2008.
The paperwork was filed on 9 July (10) in Lowe’s native Ohio, according to The Detroit News, but Lowe’s publicist Alan Nierob is adamant the sta r didn’t know about the lien.
He says, "I checked with my client and he knows nothing whatsoever abou t this and has not been contacted by anyone in reference to this matter." The news follows reports the actor is in talks to sign a massive $500 m illion (=C2=A3333 million) deal to launch a multimedia investment venture , linked to a possible takeover of film giant Miramax Studios. (LR/WNWCDN
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