Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 27, 2007
Fingers' Tax Burden

Rollie Fingers talks to the media about his tax situation:

"I'm not a tax dodger," Fingers said Friday in a telephone interview from his Las Vegas home. "I pay my taxes."

The state Department of Revenue has a different view and says Fingers, who last lived in Wisconsin in 1985, owes the state $1,433,609 in back taxes.

But Fingers says that can't possibly be right and says the recent unearthing of some old W-2 forms shows he paid $190,000 in state taxes and more than $1.1 million in federal taxes in the years he worked in Wisconsin.

That might not be enough evidence, however. As a result, Fingers said he and his new tax attorney were doing all they could to find more tax records that will vindicate him.

Some of Rollie's tax records were lost in a hurricane, so that might be tough.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:49 PM | Crime | TrackBack (0)
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Did someone working for the IRS not care for Finger's last year with the Brewers or something? Sure the guy compiled a 5.04 ERA in 47 games during his final season in 1985 but the guy is HOFamer. Leave him alone.

Posted by: Jason at January 27, 2007 05:55 PM
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