Haitian presidential candidate Wyclef Jean hit with $2.5 million in tax liens
According to The Smoking Gun, musician Wyclef Jean was recently hit with $2.5 million in tax liens by the IRS.
Wyclef is one of those shady individuals who hides his dirt behind benevolent-sounding causes, when he actually is a liar and a thief who doesn’t lift a finger for anyone unless there’s something in it for him.
Well, the IRS aren’t fooled by him:
Wyclef Jean, who appears ready to announce his candidacy for Haiti’s presidency, owes the Internal Revenue Service more than $2.1 million, according to federal tax liens filed against the musician, The Smoking Gun has learned.
In May, the IRS filed a $724,332 tax lien against Jean. Last July, the agency filed a $599,167 lien against the performer. And a $792,269 lien was lodged against Jean in July 2007. The liens cover taxes due on Jean’s individual 1040 returns for 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Following the Haitian earthquake, TSG reported on Jean’s questionable handling of the finances of his charitable foundation. Along with filing tax returns years late, Jean used his foundation to pay himself and a business partner more than $410,000 for rent, production services, and Jean’s appearance at a benefit concert.
If Jean wins his bid for the presidency of Haiti, he will be in charge of collecting currency in the form of foreign aid payments from countries like the U.S. He will also have control over the island nation’s limited financial resources.
And there will be no one to stop him from looting the island’s coffers.
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lol. only sandra rose. as if we wouldnt know him by just ‘wyclef jean.’ you just had to add the candidate part. hilarious.
Maybe he’ll marry a rich celeb so she can pay his taxes for him.
he can pay it off if not he can sale one of the cars in his 20 million dollar car collection
dat nicca need to do a couple sit-ups regularly well he has the track record fit to be Pres screwing his own people out of money
He need to gon find Lauryn and Pras,and work on gettin The Fugees back together!
Fluck wyclef
Ok, what is beyond me is, why do people think they can get around the IRS? There is NO escaping them. They are the worse gang EVER!
Seems like every other day we are reading about Chris Tucker owes 11 million,lil Wayne owes, almost 4 million, Young Buck’s house got raided by IRS, and blah blah blah.
News Flash: before you put half a milli on your teeth or around your neck pay yo damn taxes, cuz they are coming for you if you don’t!
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Does SANDRA work for the I.R.S.???? I swear, a nigga recieve a REFUND from the I.R.S. and Sandra is “OWNIT!”
Wyclef:
“Worry bout yo bills nigga!”
Lets hope he doesn’t do that. Lets hope that if he actually wins the race he will take better care of his people. The people in Haiti seem to think he won’t rob them like the others because he already has his own money. Lets pray that will be the case.
A mess! Smh!
Sandra…if you don’t stop posting pics of this man in his draws!!!
IDK why anyone is surprised that Wyclef is a shadey.
Lauren Hill didnt drive herself crazy.
And Ms Rose, I do not want to see this dude in his draws again. #sonotsexy
OK…I’m confused…The IRS is a government agency so why don’t it do like other agencies??
For example…if the AF overpays me by mistake and I don’t make a call over to finance to let them know about they mistake…BOI…when they realize they gave me too much money…they take all that chit back…at once and DON’T TELL YOU!!! You just find out when you get that next paycheck for .50
Maybe these “celebrities” are gonna start doing those commercials for help paying the IRS…like MC Hammer does for buying gold…
@Al…
all dayyyy what you said! these fools are crazy to try and mess with the IRS… they will take $$ out they grandma’s azz!!
@ MissG, The IRS does not play! In the 90′s they audited me 3 years in a row and it was the freakin worst!
I was reading yesterday about Young Buck, he said they took his kids playstation and his assistant’s computer. Took everything.
EVERYTIME I SEE WYCLEF IN A PIC LIKE THAT MY STOMACH HURTS…EWWW
@Al… girl are you freakin’ serious!!?
Young Buck’s kids playstation and his assistant’s computer?!?! see that’s what i’m talkin’ about!!! i don’t hardly feel sorry for these so-called ballers! pay yo’ damm bills how ’bout that! 
@SS oh when you have to pay them…..they tell you what you can afford to pay back and how long it should take to do it. I had pay them back $2500 they told me I could afford a 6month payment plan & if you have not finished paying them back by next tax season they will tax your refund if you get one.
IM JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF WYCLEF IS GAY.. WHY IS HE LOOKING AT AKON PLAY WITH HIMSELF LIKE THAT?
He’s so slimy. Makes me sick to think he’s willing to exploit his own people. They deserve better than him. SNAKE!!!!!!
Why doesn’t he just continue to steal from Yele’ Haiti to pay his debts, then he can stal the limited resouces from Haiti to replensish Yele’, then he can come back to the US?
He is so NOT CUTE.