Tax trouble for the Queen of Soul

March 13, 2008

Aretha Franklin is looking for some tax R-E-S-P-E-C-T or at least some tax help.

best_of_Aretha_FranklinThe Associated Press is reporting
that the Queen of Soul could lose her home to tax collectors. An unpaid
$445 tax bill and late fees from 2005 is about to send her $700,000
Detroit mansion into foreclosure.

The singer says it’s all a misunderstanding due to an attorney’s mistake.

Press reports also cite other tax records showing that Franklin owes $18,746 in back taxes and fees for the 2006
and 2007 tax years. Foreclosure proceedings on those debts wouldn’t
begin until next year.

Franklin says she plans to pay up everything and reclaim her home by the March 31 deadline.

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    16 years ago Reply

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    16 years ago Reply

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    16 years ago Reply

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