Half of Prince's Estate Is Going to the Tax Man

On Tuesday, Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson filed a bunch of papers at the Minnesota probate court that indicated Prince died without executing a will. This is having expensive consequences.

On Tuesday, Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson filed a bunch of papers at the Minnesota probate court that indicated Prince died without executing a will. This is having expensive consequences.

If you left your tax return until the last minute, take some comfort in the fact that you certainly aren’t the first. Sometime in the late ‘50s/early ‘60s, the National and State Organizations of Certified Public Accountants were apparently so exasperated they had comedy duo Mike Nichols and Elaine May make these PSAs…
A group of male officials voted Wednesday to keep the good times flowin’ with their state tampon tax. Proving that tampons are indeed a luxury item only understood by the women who pay for them, the all-male panel voted 8-3 against a proposal by Representative Susan Duckworth.
Just kidding, Trump is pond scum. A few choice quotes:
Starting next month the Navajo Nation will be the first place in the United States to place a tax on junk food. Members can expect a 2 percent sales tax on garbage like: pastries, chips, soda, desserts, fried foods, sweetened beverages, and other shit with no nutritional value that makes us all perpetually sick. …
Since the dawn of the internet, shoppers who take a risk by purchasing something online that they can't see or try on experience enjoyed a small (albeit legally grey area) kickback: avoiding the sales tax they'd pay if they bought the same item from a brick-and-mortar (or, you know, drywall-and-vinyl siding) store.…
Yoohooooo, Florida Man who is selling Jesus Christ's toe nails? I have found your new Florida Woman friend. (PLEASE NOTE: My matchmaking skills are notoriously awful.) (God speed.)
Real Housewives of New Jersey's Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe were indicted on fraud and tax charges today by a federal grand jury. There are 39-counts against them, which include "conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud."
Oh, those salad days when you could shop and carouse online without any fear of the tax man; the days when you could safely take an Ambien and wake up to an inbox full of receipts from various internet retailers and think yes, I really did by a to-scale replica of Iron Throne, but, hey, at least I can skip out on…
As you may have heard, French actor Gerard Depardieu thought that France's proposed 75% "super tax" on millionaires was a major Gerard Depar-DON'T, so he said "Gerard Depar-oh-no-you-didn't!" to that shit and moved his ass to Russia. (Because in Russia, taxes millionaire YOU! Or, wait—zzzzzzzzzzzz.)
SUNDAY JAN. 6 - French actor Gérard Depardieu, center, poses on a theatre stage, wearing a traditional folk outfit, after he arrived in Saransk, some 700 km (435 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Depardieu has received a Russian passport after flying to Russia for a late night dinner with Putin.