# Wesley Snipes Gets 3 Years in jail for Not Filing Tax Returns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-gets-3-years-in-jail-for-not-filing-tax-returns/447126 "2008-04-27T20:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-gets-3-years-in-jail-for-not-filing-tax-returns/447126/1 "2008-04-27T20:40:43Z")
Wow. Don’t piss off the IRS, they will hunt you and nail your ass. > [@](#): > > A jury found Mr. Snipes guilty on Feb. 1 of three misdemeanor counts of willfully failing to file tax returns, but acquitted him of felony conspiracy and tax fraud charges and three additional counts of failure to file. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/business/25snipes.html?bl&ex=1209441600&en=0774754c4d1e652f&ei=5087](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/business/25snipes.html?bl&ex=1209441600&en=0774754c4d1e652f&ei=5087%0A) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-gets-3-years-in-jail-for-not-filing-tax-returns/447126/2 "2008-04-27T22:26:28Z")
[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465396) But I don’t blame you for missing it. It has fallen to the third page. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-gets-3-years-in-jail-for-not-filing-tax-returns/447126/3 "2008-04-28T03:30:10Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Nader] Wow. Don’t piss off the IRS, they will hunt you and nail your ass. [/QUOTE] Yes, they will really nail you to the wall . . . if you blatantly piss in their faces and ignore warning after warning that your dumb ass is about to land behind bars. Three years might be a little excessive but he needed to be made an example of. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-gets-3-years-in-jail-for-not-filing-tax-returns/447126/4 "2008-04-28T04:04:42Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] Yes, they will really nail you to the wall . . . if you blatantly piss in their faces and ignore warning after warning that your dumb ass is about to land behind bars. Three years might be a little excessive but he needed to be made an example of. [/QUOTE] The odd thing was that I always had the impression Snipes (just a vibe based on his movie persona) was fairly intelligent. I had no idea he was such an incredible bonehead. What he did was dumb as a box of hammers stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-gets-3-years-in-jail-for-not-filing-tax-returns/447126/5 "2008-04-28T04:56:04Z")
When I first heard about it it freaked me out. I figured the guy had an army of accountants and lawyers yet this happened. I file taxes in the US and it scares the crap out of me that I might end up, for some honest mistake, on the business end of the IRS machine gun. Then I read what really happened to him. The guy is a dumbass. There were no honest mistakes in this case. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-gets-3-years-in-jail-for-not-filing-tax-returns/447126/6 "2008-04-28T10:41:41Z")
I didn’t think there was any penalty unless you actually owed the IRS money. Well, I suppose he doesn’t have withholding on his movie fees.