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11271 Ventura Blvd. #612 Studio City, CA 91604 Inside This Issue pg 1 ∙
The Best Time to Ask for Reviews
Make That Change, But Have a Plan B
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How to Respond to ‘You’re Just Too Expensive’
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Member Spotlight
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Success Summit
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Shout Outs!
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Celebrity Pays $650K Per Month in Back Taxes
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IRS Terror Tale of the Month Steve Harvey Lands in an IRS Feud
On “Family Feud,” comedian Steve Harvey mediates two families duking it out for cash and prizes. But in the early 2000s, the unsuspecting host found out he was trapped in a feud of his own — with the IRS. Apparently, Harvey’s accountant at the time was taking checks that were meant for the IRS and pocketing them for himself. The accountant was able to get away with this theft for seven years then, he died! When another accountant in the office took over Harvey’s account, she discovered her celebrity client was a victim of theft from his previous accountant.
— and they did! For the next seven years, the six-time Daytime Emmy Award winner paid the agency $650,000 per month to repay his debt and cover his current taxes. “I just went to work. I took every gig and
When Harvey found out he owed the IRS $20 million in back taxes, he was as dumbfounded as a “Feud” contestant.
every contract, and I worked and worked. I hung in there, and I had a big deal come through in 2012, and I got free. And it’s been okay ever since,” he said. Today, Harvey has a net worth of $200 million. Thanks to hard work and a savvy accountant, the only game show-level drama he sees these days is on“Celebrity Family Feud”and“The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
“I sat my wife down and she cried, and I held her, and I told her it was going to be alright; I was going to get us out,” he told Deseret News.
Being the good guy that he’s known to be, Harvey and his new accountant were determined to square things up with the IRS
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