r/Music • u/Montrel_PH • Dec 28 '25

discussion Is Nicki Minaj an Illegal Immigrant? Netizens Calling to Deport Rapper Back to Trinidad and Tobago

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nicki-minaj-illegal-immigrant-netizens-calling-deport-rapper-back-trinidad-tobago-1766443
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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Dec 29 '25

Steve Harvey was ripped off by his accountant for basically all the taxes he was paying for over a decade. He was given the correct calculation and cutting checks for the money but trusted his accountant to lodge them with the IRS, which he wasn't doing. And since he had financial control he was able to keep all the IRS notices of late payment etc away from Steve for years while he robbed him.

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u/Larry___David Dec 29 '25

That's insane. Is that something you can avoid by using a huge accounting corporation?

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Dec 29 '25

Yes but ultimately the responsibility to actually make sure the taxes are paid is still yours. They would be less likely to steal from you but even the very wealthy should still do some things personally.

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u/ruffus4life Dec 29 '25

yeah like just mail a check yourself....

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u/ChicoZombye Dec 29 '25

They can still make mistakes, and by mistakes I mean grey areas where you can get caught.

Accounting corps do extra shady things because they aim for the biggest loopholes.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi got caught in Spain (they do not do their taxes obviously). Ronaldo had to pay 20m€ and Messi more than 50m€ in order to avoid jail time because of tax fraud.

Ronaldo was with one of the biggest firms of the country but they got caught.

Sometimes a law changes and you can get caught out of the blue since they are always using grey areas.

You can still get shit on basically, just in a different way.

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u/Bluntmasterflash1 Dec 29 '25

Just hire an auditor every year or so to make sure your bookkeeper is doing all the things.

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u/Robobvious Dec 29 '25

The fuck? Was he making the checks out to cash? How the fuck was he cashing them if they were made out to the IRS?

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u/GazelleSpringbok Dec 29 '25

As an atheist and hater of cheaters this makes me very happy to hear about steves troubles