Word: taxmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Asked if it might change him, he responded, "It hasn't yet." (At least half an hour had gone by.) In other words, he would be maintaining his English residence in Chelsea? "No, Kensington." And not be moving to Monte Carlo, nearer the night life and farther from the taxmen? "It's not me." As a matter of fact, Edberg describes his fundamental hope as the ability to continue patronizing a particular pizza parlor in anonymity...
...Bakkers' high living had caught the eye of the IRS long before the PTL scandal finally broke. In 1981 the agency launched a two-year inquiry into the ministry. Then, in a confidential 1985 report, the taxmen recommended revocation of PTL's tax-exempt status, retroactively to 1980. Reason: the IRS believed the organization did not operate exclusively for tax-exempt purposes and that part of its income personally benefited the Bakkers and others...
...officials concede that they are cracking down this year on people who they believe are evading taxes in ways that inspire others. The taxmen are frankly concerned about the proliferation of anti-tax movements. The number of tax protests has nearly doubled in the past two years, and the IRS fears they will spread like crab grass if not swiftly curbed. So far this year the agency has taken legal steps to snuff out tax rebellions in Washington, Connecticut and Michigan...
Although the SEC is unlikely to press its inquiry now that Hefner has agreed to repay the company, Playboy is still contesting an assessment of about $13.4 million in taxes due the Internal Revenue Service between 1970 and 1976, including $ 1.4 million that taxmen say Hefner owes for his use of the mansions. Nor is this an end to trouble in the hutch. Bunnies are no longer multiplying like rabbits, and for the first time Playboy Clubs are having to hustle for bustle. Evidently, being a bunny these days, like being a playboy, is not what it used...