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Joe Francis -- Record-Breaking Tax Debtor

Posted Nov 18th 2009 6:20PM by TMZ Staff

The IRS wants some serious "Girls Gone Wild" money, because they've filed a lien against Joe Francis for a whopping $33,819,087.14 ... this according to documents obtained by TMZ.

Joe Francis

The Federal Tax Lien doc was filed today. The IRS claims Joe owes the money for 3 years of back taxes -- 2001, 2002 and 2003. In 2001, the IRS says Joe didn't pay $17,658,358. In 2002, the delinquency is $11,238,582.14, and in 2003, he owes $4,922,147.

It was less than 2 weeks ago that Joe got out of a sticky federal tax evasion case by copping a plea and avoiding prison.

Joe told TMZ, "I have no idea what it is." He says he does not owe the money and, "This is total retaliation for me beating them in court." Joe says the law the IRS is using hasn't been used against anyone in 20 years.

Joe says yesterday, the feds seized more than $100,000,000 in cash accounts of his.

Joe says the IRS is forcing him to file for personal bankruptcy, which he will do tomorrow.



Tags: back taxes, BackTaxes, federal tax lien, FederalTaxLien, girls gone wild, GirlsGoneWild, internal revenue service, InternalRevenueService, joe francis, JoeFrancis, lien, tax lien, taxes, TaxLien

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1. filing for bankruptcy won't do a damn thing. The IRS can take the clothes off of your back.....ask Fred Sanford.

Posted at 6:26PM on Nov 18th 2009 by dumb ass

2. Idiot!!! That's all left to say Idiot!!!

Posted at 6:26PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Carmen

3. pay up bitch

Posted at 6:27PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Big B

4. Loser anybody know if the 3million he owes a casino know if cali let them go after his house?

As for the other I hope he lose it all pay your taxes we all do

Posted at 6:32PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Scott

5. This guy is a piece of work.

IRS Gone Wild!

Posted at 6:32PM on Nov 18th 2009 by VivalasUncleSam

6. NOW YOUR ASS CAN GO OUT AND GET A REAL JOB INSTEAD OF LIQUORING UP A BUNCH OF 16 YEAR OLDS WITH NO SELF ESTEEM AND DADDY-ISSUES AND GETTING THEM TO DO THINGS THEY WILL ALL REGRET! WELL SEE WHAT FRIENDS HE HAS LEFT NOW THAT ALL THE MONEYS GONE..

Posted at 6:33PM on Nov 18th 2009 by JOES MOMMA

7. You can't bankrupt against the IRS, idiot!!

Posted at 6:36PM on Nov 18th 2009 by WHAT???

8. The dude pissed of the wrong people. The government was tired of the all night ads he would ran for so long on television. At the end of the he's a porn merchant. Cry me a river pornie.

Posted at 6:35PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Yeee

9. SERIOUSLY YOU MADE THAT MUCH MONEY AND DIDNT PAY TAXES - MY GAWD FOR A MAN WITH A BRILLIANT IDEA HE SURE IS STUPID

Posted at 6:38PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Will Faryon

10. Unless Joe is a moron, bankruptcy will NOT absolve you of IRS debt. It will DELAY them from collecting while he 'restructures' but the debt will still be due - a judge cannot discharge an IRS (or any other tax related) debt. Nice try.

Posted at 6:40PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Learned One

11. Couldn't have happened to a nicer pig.

Posted at 6:43PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Maisy

12. He might have a point about the IRS being mad because he beat them in court last year; the feds don't like to be made to look stupid. But it won't change anything...unless he can prove he doesn't owe the money, he will still have to pay or go to jail.

Posted at 6:44PM on Nov 18th 2009 by Federal Employee

13. there you go... our economy may get better after he pays. Obama should be happy

Posted at 6:45PM on Nov 18th 2009 by joe biden

14. "Joe says yesterday, the feds seized more than $100,000,000 in cash accounts of his"
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100 million????
Francis has 100 mil in cash lying around? Add to that his mansions, private jet and other lavish accessories

I guess crime and porn do pay...And how

Posted at 6:47PM on Nov 18th 2009 by TNT

15. Did he say the IRS seized 100 million dollars? Doing the rough math after they take what he owes that still leave him some 66 million dollars.
Must be some kind of cash being generated with the girls gone wild thing

Posted at 6:47PM on Nov 18th 2009 by jr

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