Terrence Howard Hit With $1 Million Judgment In Tax Case
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The actor reportedly said it's “immoral for the United States government to charge taxes to the descendants of slaves.”
A judge in Philadelphia has ordered Terrence Howard to pay nearly $1 million in back taxes, interest and penalties.
The Feb. 22 judgment came after the Justice Department reportedly sued the “Empire” star in 2022 for failing to pay $578,000 in income taxes between 2010 and 2019.
According to court documents cited by multiple news outlets, Howard told a Justice Department attorney that it’s “immoral for the United States government to charge taxes to the descendants of slaves.”
“Four hundred years of forced labor and never receiving any compensation for it,” Howard was quoted as saying in a November voicemail. “Now you have the gall to try and prosecute and charge taxes to the descendants of a broken people that you are responsible for causing the breakage.”
The recording cut off at this point, but Howard called back to continue his message.