Big Score 1 Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Hold the phone. Plax to be cleared of not paying taxes, it was all a "bureaucratic snafu"! NY Post By PAUL SCHWARTZ May 28, 2005 "-- In what his tax attorney described as a "bureaucratic snafu," Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was issued an arrest warrant because of unpaid taxes and suffered a day's worth of bad publicity until yesterday, when the matter was rectified and Burress was cleared." www.nypost.com The full story is registration required, so here's the gist of it. The city where Plax actually resides and is considered a full-time resident (some burg in Florida) he paid his city taxes in full. The only taxes he owed in Pittsburgh, were to the city he worked in. Here's some more; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Chuck Finder and Dan Gigler Saturday, May 28, 2005 "Despite a complaint filed in Coraopolis alleging that Burress failed to pay Moon township and school taxes between 1998 and 2002 -- he wasn't drafted and signed by the Steelers until 2000 -- the receiver's agent and local tax lawyer said yesterday that there isn't any such money owed. While he was working for the Steelers, catching 22, 66, 78 and 35 passes his four seasons with the club, the front office withheld City of Pittsburgh taxes on the roughly $15 million that Burress earned. Keystone Municipal Collections, the agency seeking an unspecified amount over a 1 percent tax split between the township and school district, and officials there were satisfied with Burress' contention that he was officially a nonresident while living part-time in Moon between 2000 and 2003 Burress claims a homestead exemption in Florida and that renders him a nonresident for however long he lives elsewhere during the year. "A nonresident pays where he is employed," Attorney Chuck Potter said. "A resident pays where he lives. He's never been a resident in Pennsylvania, for tax purposes. And you don't have to pay twice, not even in the United States." www.post-gazette.com The funniest part about the above, is that Moon went after him for unpaid township and school taxes taxes from 1998 to 2002. One small problem with their dates. Plax wasn't even earning money in 1998 (still in school at Michigan State), let alone being in their district, until 2000. Methinks the powers that be in Moon are doing the :doah: right about now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Official: "Well, even if he isn't liabel, with all that money we think he should pay us something. He has more than enough as it is and we could use the bucks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted May 28, 2005 Author Share Posted May 28, 2005 Official: "Well, even if he isn't liabel, with all that money we think he should pay us something. He has more than enough as it is and we could use the bucks." 825726[/snapback] No doubt that's their thinking. I still love the part where the City of Moon is trying to tax him for the years '98 & 99'. For Cripes sake, that's when he was still in school at Michigan Moon City Accountants = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 One small problem with their dates. Plax wasn't even earning money in 1998 (still in school at Michigan State), let alone being in their district, until 2000. 825708[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 One small problem with their dates. Plax wasn't even earning money in 1998 (still in school at Michigan State), let alone being in their district, until 2000. 825708[/snapback] If you think Plax wasnt earning money while playing football at Michigan State, then you apparently arent familiar with alumni associations at major college football programs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted May 28, 2005 Author Share Posted May 28, 2005 If you think Plax wasnt earning money while playing football at Michigan State, then you apparently arent familiar with Michigan State alumni associations at major college football programs... 825747[/snapback] While that is more than likely true.....I'm 99.9% certain that the Michigan State alumni weren't lavishing money & gifts on Plax.....via Moon City Pennsylvania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 .....via Moon City Pennsylvania 825787[/snapback] You do seem to have a valid point there BS1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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