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DeNeen L. Brown of the Washington Post is reporting that bestselling author Kristina ‘Zane’ Roberts, 47, tops Maryland’s ‘tax cheat’ list. Brown reports:
“Last week, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) announced that the $341,000 Roberts owes the state makes her Maryland’s top individual ‘tax cheat.’ The state, which has been trying to collect back taxes from Roberts since 2003, outed her along with 24 other individuals and 25 businesses in an effort to shame them into paying.”
The author of more than 30 books has been chased repeatedly by creditors over the years. Brown writes:
“‘Zane,’ the renowned Prince George’s County author who has sold millions of steamy novels, has been chased for years by creditors, including the IRS and the state of Maryland, according to court records and state officials.
Kristina Laferne Roberts, 47, who writes under the pseudonym ‘Zane,’ owes the IRS almost $541,000, according to court documents filed by the government. In 2010, the Treasury Department placed a tax lien on her imposing house in Upper Marlboro, which Roberts had bought for more than $1 million in 2004. She avoided foreclosure in 2009 after falling 79 days behind on her mortgage payment — with an outstanding amount of $22,457 — before settling the case with her lender, court records show.”
Zane is also creator and producer of two Cinemax series Zane’s: The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth, Zane’s Addicted and Zane’s Succulent Chocolate Flava II.
Zane has been heralded as the hardest working woman in adult fiction. If that’s the case, then what’s with the tax issues?
Read more at The Washington Post.
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