The Actor Who Stopped Filing

A film actor earned more than thirty-seven million dollars over six years and filed no personal tax returns at all in that time. He had taken up a theory that money earned inside the country is not taxable income. On that basis he asked the government to hand back more than seven million dollars in refunds. Prosecutors also say he told his staff not to help a grand jury. The law here requires proof his failure to file was wilful, not an honest mistake.