Ja Rule Agrees To Pay $3.1 Million In Deal With IRS Over Back Taxes
June 4 2021, Published 4:20 p.m. ET
Ja Rule will fork over millions to settle a massive tax debt with the Internal Revenue Service.
According to court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, the government informed the judge of the settlement they hashed out with the rapper and his wife Aisha Atkins.
The government is asking the judge to enter a judgment in the amount of $3,139,237.76 “as of October 12, 2020, plus statutory interest and additions to tax accruing after that date for the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 tax years.”
As Breaking Celebrity News first reported, earlier this year, the IRS sued Ja Rule and his wife over the unpaid tax bills. The IRS said they were owed money for the years 2005-2010 and 2012-2017.
The breakdown came out to $357,421.23 (2005), $518,700.88 (2006), $348,087.49 (2007) $267,193 (2008), $198,817.99 (2009), $47,901.53 (2010), $128,926.37 (2012), $116,720.65 (2013), $229,577.62 (2014), $212,270.42 (2015), $526,431.46 (2016) and $187,188.52 (2017).
In court documents, the IRS said despite their numerous demands for payments or partial payments, Ja Rule failed to make an effort to settle the bill.
Ja Rule and Aisha signed the deal on May 21. The government is now asking the court to approve it and close the case. It’s unclear if the couple have worked out a payment plan.