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Single comedienne Janeane Garofalo
may face heavy tax bill after
discovering she has actually been
married for the past 20 years

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff

Original Article

Posted By:Ribicon, 11/14/2012 11:34:02 PM

Janeane Garofalo could face a heavy tax bill after discovering that she has unknowingly been married for the past 20 years. The 48-year-old stand-up comedienne, actress, liberal political activist and writer told the New York Post that she and her then boyfriend of one year, Rob Cohen, had wed in Vegas ´as a joke´ in 1991 - but didn´t imagine it would be formally recognized. Now, however, legal experts warn there could be a serious financial fallout. Top divorce attorney Raoul Felder told Page Six today: ´It could be a train wreck and not so casual. The highest tax rate

Comments:
Unfunny comedian/tax-loving liberal wins an extra chance to show her patriotism.

  

Post Reply  

Reply 1 - Posted by: Evocatus, 11/14/2012 11:35:57 PM     (No. 9015190)

This makes me so happy that I am disgusted with myself!


Reply 2 - Posted by: texaspast, 11/14/2012 11:39:39 PM     (No. 9015193)

Oh, don´t be too hard on yourself, #1. I´ll be disgusted at myself for you. Heck, my wife already is (at me, not you). But you have to agree, it couldn´t happen to a more deserving person. But whatcha bet Da One intervenes and the IRS never goes after her?


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: Douglas DC, 11/14/2012 11:40:11 PM     (No. 9015194)

Didn´t know she liked boys...


Reply 4 - Posted by: LittleHoodedMonk, 11/14/2012 11:40:18 PM     (No. 9015195)

I thought she was a lesbian, not that there is anything wrong with that.

Besides, as an 0bama-loving, card-swearing liberal, she´ll jump at the chance to pay her fair share of all the back taxes.


Reply 5 - Posted by: cookiemaker54, 11/14/2012 11:40:30 PM     (No. 9015196)

Couldn´t happen to a more deserving individual. roflol


Reply 6 - Posted by: Jethro bo, 11/14/2012 11:41:14 PM     (No. 9015198)

Glad to see her step up and pay her fair share. Or will she pay rich tax lawyers to get her off like the 1%?


Reply 7 - Posted by: happy conservative, 11/14/2012 11:43:37 PM     (No. 9015201)

As a member of the 1%, this should please her greatly.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Davids918, 11/14/2012 11:46:59 PM     (No. 9015205)

Show your patriotism!

She should be excited to pay her fair share.


Reply 9 - Posted by: rowbear, 11/14/2012 11:48:16 PM     (No. 9015207)

I can´t tell you how relieved I was to read alcohol was involved. I can´t imagine anyone marrying her while sober.


Reply 10 - Posted by: miceal, 11/15/2012 12:05:06 AM     (No. 9015216)

I´m sure she will be more than happy to pay her "fair share." Just sayin´....


Reply 11 - Posted by: kono, 11/15/2012 12:12:24 AM     (No. 9015221)

Deliberately making "a joke" out of something as solemn as marriage sounds like "tempting fate" to me, Janeane. One might even say you had this coming.

Hearing that JG just discovered someone divorced her 20 years ago wouldn´t surprise me. I´d gnaw my own arm off to get away from her if I woke up and learned I was married to her.

But hearing someone married her to begin with is blowing my mind. Her aggressive habit of insulting everybody and everything decent makes her superlatively repulsive to me.


Reply 12 - Posted by: Rael, 11/15/2012 12:12:41 AM     (No. 9015222)

AWESOME! Make her PAY!


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: binar, 11/15/2012 12:20:10 AM     (No. 9015225)

She may turn out to be very patriotic. Don´t forget the penalty and interest, its for the children dontch´a know


Reply 14 - Posted by: Newtsche, 11/15/2012 12:28:26 AM     (No. 9015227)

Conspicuous and hideous during the Bush years, this nasty piece of work seems to have crawled under a rock over the last four years. Sadly, today´s news should pull her out, making the rounds on tv, spouting bitter and ugly. The upside, she´s that much older, tailor made to repel.


Reply 15 - Posted by: Mike PHX, 11/15/2012 12:32:48 AM     (No. 9015229)

Oh, come one! Can´t you see what a desperate PR thing this is?
No one who is sober would ever think of even playing with anything Garafalo even has to offer:
Boobs?
I think not.
Looks?
Please. We can all see that.
Funny?
...........?.
What does she have to offer?


Reply 16 - Posted by: pearlyjo, 11/15/2012 12:33:47 AM     (No. 9015230)

Did you see the dude she married?
Yikes!
Not sure who would have to be the drunkest to bring about that union.
Do they have a "joke" child as well? Would be a cross between Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.


Reply 17 - Posted by: Rumblehog, 11/15/2012 12:35:34 AM     (No. 9015232)

#3, that´s why she said she thought it was a joke.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: 4Justice, 11/15/2012 12:51:31 AM     (No. 9015242)

She´s not gay...besides, why would you think any woman would want her? At least with men, you know there is an overwhelming driving force that makes them overlook a lot of flaws. Yeah, she should be proud to pay more taxes. It is not only patriotic but its the humanistic thing to do! Oh it should make you feel so good--in fact, the more you pay, the better!


Reply 19 - Posted by: Attercliffe, 11/15/2012 12:58:08 AM     (No. 9015246)

I had no idea how much it hurts to snort seltzer down your nose when you least expect it. Still, it made me clean the laptop screen and now I can read small print again.


Reply 20 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter, 11/15/2012 1:03:24 AM     (No. 9015250)

This is just too delicious. Would love to see a calculation of how much LESS she owes due to the Bush cuts.


Reply 21 - Posted by: annie xango, 11/15/2012 1:08:30 AM     (No. 9015252)

One this for sure..I want to know what the tax ramifications are....and did she pay them..I want the proof!!!!don´t let this little worm off the hook...


Reply 22 - Posted by: Yephora, 11/15/2012 1:08:33 AM     (No. 9015253)

Couldn´t happen to a nicer skank.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: Yephora, 11/15/2012 1:09:19 AM     (No. 9015255)

...er, skunk.


Reply 24 - Posted by: Yephora, 11/15/2012 1:09:52 AM     (No. 9015256)

...no, skank!


Reply 25 - Posted by: JimS, 11/15/2012 1:18:14 AM     (No. 9015261)

C´mon, Janeane, paying high taxes is your patriotic duty.
After all, you 1%-ers don´t pay your fair share.

Bwaaa Haaaaaa Haaaaaa


Reply 26 - Posted by: johnwayne, 11/15/2012 1:24:20 AM     (No. 9015266)

Maybe she and Timmy Geihtner can hook-up.


Reply 27 - Posted by: 10chuckarnold65, 11/15/2012 1:41:02 AM     (No. 9015274)

Yeah, I forget I´m married all the time, honest mistake, could happen to anybody.


Reply 28 - Posted by: PChristopher, 11/15/2012 1:54:05 AM     (No. 9015283)

God has a great sense of humor! LOLOLOL!!!


Reply 29 - Posted by: Safari Man, 11/15/2012 1:54:30 AM     (No. 9015284)

The more pain she endures, the more pleasure I derive.


Reply 30 - Posted by: iamtinman, 11/15/2012 2:52:15 AM     (No. 9015300)

Like #1, I´m disgusted with myself but every time I think of that tax bill I just have another giggling fit! Does this make me a bad person?


Reply 31 - Posted by: Phil_hk, 11/15/2012 2:57:45 AM     (No. 9015301)

How about tax fraud? Jail time?

Try going before a judge in a tax court and saying "I didn´t know I was married!"


Reply 32 - Posted by: pineledger, 11/15/2012 4:10:30 AM     (No. 9015323)

This doesn´t make sense. Aren´t the tax rates for married filing jointly lower than for single filers?


Reply 33 - Posted by: LadyVet, 11/15/2012 4:15:11 AM     (No. 9015327)

First time ever: "funny" popped into my mind while trying to not think of "Janeane Garfalo"


Reply 34 - Posted by: Pythagoras, 11/15/2012 5:15:23 AM     (No. 9015352)

If you aren´t living together, you can file separately even if you aren´t divorced.

This is tax 101. She doesn´t owe a dime.

The only year she MIGHT have done her taxes wrong was too long ago and she can´t be audited for that year now.


Reply 35 - Posted by: Trigger2, 11/15/2012 5:20:35 AM     (No. 9015356)

Finally - Karma has struck.


Reply 36 - Posted by: tehtriggerman, 11/15/2012 5:27:27 AM     (No. 9015366)

Karma sure is a....Garofalo

Aint it?


Reply 37 - Posted by: Bjnealeigh, 11/15/2012 5:58:16 AM     (No. 9015393)

I knew she was a dufus. She is low class, no brains and is UGLY!


Reply 38 - Posted by: provide, 11/15/2012 7:51:27 AM     (No. 9015527)

Gloria Allred is free to mouthpiece for her.


Reply 39 - Posted by: Bevan, 11/15/2012 9:02:56 AM     (No. 9015706)

Couldn´t have happened to a nicer guy.


Reply 40 - Posted by: mitzi, 11/15/2012 9:08:13 AM     (No. 9015720)

I find the caption under the picture amusing.

Three people in the picture, two males and one female and they thought it was necessary to identify which one was Garofalo (middle).


Reply 41 - Posted by: earlybird, 11/15/2012 9:14:02 AM     (No. 9015736)

Delicious.

What was that line about chickens coming home to roost?


Reply 42 - Posted by: SoCalGal, 11/15/2012 9:20:26 AM     (No. 9015751)

As the article states, the tax rate for a married person filing single is the highest. (As opposed to married persons filing jointly, which most do.)

And she made a bundle of money during that period.

I´m not sure the statute of limitations works when you misstate your filing status. Those pesky little boxes at the top of the return. And then your rate is computed on the basis of that check mark. Not sure at all....

Schadenfreude Time?


Reply 43 - Posted by: Emerson, 11/15/2012 9:29:34 AM     (No. 9015773)

It looks as though she can´t simply walk away from this and say "Ha, ha, my bad." (Nor can he.)

It looks as though they have a responsibility to report their erroneous filings.

http://taxblog.com/cjohnson/amended-returns-imposing-a-duty-to-correct-material-mistakes/


Reply 44 - Posted by: blizzard, 11/15/2012 9:33:12 AM     (No. 9015786)

Excuse me while I have a Schadenfreude moment...


Reply 45 - Posted by: laotzu, 11/15/2012 9:40:52 AM     (No. 9015804)

Not just a tax bill, but a divorce settlement in a community property state (Kalifornia). That guber she married has a claim on half the wealth she earned/accumulated in the last 19 years.

I feel like Charlie Brown, and any minute Lucie will announce this is just an urban myth.


Reply 46 - Posted by: Emerson, 11/15/2012 10:47:35 AM     (No. 9016007)

Some don´t seem to understand that filing as a Single person (which she apparently has been doing) is not the same as Married Filing Single. The tax rate for the latter is the highest. Higher than Single or Married Filing Jointly.


Reply 47 - Posted by: enuf8, 11/15/2012 10:48:51 AM     (No. 9016014)

So, what this all boils down to is that she FRAUDULENTLY marked her income tax return as "SINGLE" instead of "MARRIED, FILING SEPARATELY". Would this be considered a FELONY???????


Reply 48 - Posted by: Pythagoras, 11/15/2012 11:12:54 AM     (No. 9016108)

For married people who are not living together, the correct filing status is "single."

Her tax returns are not wrong.

Dang!


Reply 49 - Posted by: Hubertsmom, 11/16/2012 6:14:20 PM     (No. 9019353)

Remember when Madeline Albright just happen to "discovered" she was Jewish? These Libs think we´re all so stupid, well I guess if you put a D by your name...


Reply 50 - Posted by: msjena, 11/16/2012 6:48:31 PM     (No. 9019418)

There´s a four year statute of limitations, isn´t there?


Reply 51 - Posted by: mominNoCA, 11/16/2012 6:54:16 PM     (No. 9019434)

She thinks rich people should pay more taxes, so she won´t mind paying at all. She won´t fight this.

Right? Pffffttt



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Gluten-free diets are all the rage, but they can be dangerous if not done right. What is gluten? It´s the spongy complex of proteins, found naturally in wheat, rye, and barley, that gives elasticity to dough and allows it to rise. When flour is moistened and either kneaded or mixed into dough, gluten molecules form an elastic, microscopic latticework that traps the carbon dioxide produced when yeast ferments, causing dough to inflate like a hot air balloon. Baking hardens the gluten, which helps the finished product keep its shape. Wheat — and gluten — is ubiquitous in the American diet.

Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th
anniversary in Havana, Cuba

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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad    Original Article
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for


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