David Allan Coe Narrowly Avoids Jail, Fined $1 Million by IRS
David Allan Coe will not be going to prison for an obstruction charge levied by the IRS, but he will be on probation for the next three years, and will have to pay fines and back taxes totaling $980,911.86 for his tax delinquency between 2008 – 2013, and before. This was the sentence brought down in Cincinnati on Monday (6-13) in Federal court. Coe plead guilty to the charge in September 2015 of impeding and obstructing the due administration of the Internal Revenue Service, and was facing the possibility of spending the next three years in prison. The charge is a felony.
According to authorities, David Allan Coe played an average of 100 concerts between the years of 2008 and 2013, but failed to pay taxes on the income he generated. Authorities say that even when Coe did file taxes, he failed to pay the amount owed, while also owing additional taxes from previous years as far back as 1993. According to authorities, instead of paying his taxes, Coe paid off other debts, including large debts due to gambling.
Investigators also claim Coe purposely tried to circumvent the IRS. When Coe would perform, he would insist venues pay his booking manager in full before performing. The booking manager would then wire the money to Coe’s personal account. However in 2009, Coe stopped receiving the payments after receiving word from the IRS for his overdue taxes. Instead, Coe would insist in being paid cash before 3 p.m. on the day of a show, and could not be paid in $50 bills because according to investigators, he believed the denomination was bad luck in gambling.
Coe failed to pay the income taxes when he filed his 2009, 2011 and 2013, meaning Coe now owes the IRS $388,190.94 for 2009, $35,640.10 for 2011, and $42,733.82 for 2013. The balance of the amount owed comes from other income taxes owed plus interest and penalties.
All taxpayers, regardless of their profession, must comply with their federal tax obligations,” said Kathy A. Enstrom of the IRS in September 2015. “As is evident from Mr. Coe’s guilty plea, schemes to evade the payment of taxes are a violation of the Federal Tax laws and postpones the eventual need to comply at an even higher cost, including federal criminal prosecution and having to pay back taxes with interest and steep penalties.”
David Allan Coe is 76-years-old, and still regularly plays and tours.
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June 14, 2016 @ 2:08 pm
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Whiskey Pete
June 14, 2016 @ 3:40 pm
David,
Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out Of Hand?
CosmicCowboy
June 14, 2016 @ 4:40 pm
Imagine DAC doing something wrong? I just can’t believe it !
Mike W.
June 14, 2016 @ 9:29 pm
Coe is proof that it is essential to try and separate the man and the artist. Guy is an absolute scumbag, but he has written and recorded some of the best Country songs of all time.
James
June 15, 2016 @ 3:48 pm
Hes not a scumbag
Kenneth Michael Rodeo Barton
June 15, 2016 @ 10:27 am
I worked for DAC for 16 years back during the 70’s and 80’s and it was always his policy to be paid in cash before he ever appeared on stage at any show. This was and is not an attempt to confuse the IRS, but a policy that ensures payment for playing a show. Prior to using this policy, we encountered many dishonest bar and club owners that promised an amount and then tried to skate away with less than promised. Once we even had an armed conflict with a club owner in Ky, who threatened us with a pistol, but much to his surprise we had him out armed and he retreated and paid us before DAC took the stage. That was when he started demanding money upfront and in cash
Meme Coe
June 16, 2016 @ 5:55 am
How about the nite we played for the “DOOR”…. The IRS should have taken that.
Rodeo
June 21, 2016 @ 6:32 am
Yeah, That was in Fayetteville Arkansas when we took the doors ,the cigarette machine and tied up the club owner and left his ass in the middle of nowhere. He tried to tell us there were only a couple hundred people in the crowd(we got paid by attendance and price of tickets) and there was obviously well over 700-800 folks . We never played that bar again
Truthiness
June 18, 2016 @ 8:32 am
Yup, Aretha Franklin does the same thing due to similar experiences. She even carried her purse filled with money on stage although today her purse probably can’t hold that much cash.
jimsouls
June 20, 2016 @ 12:15 pm
Getting your money upfront is a reasonable expectation. Right, Mojo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctRVz6c7PGI
Greg Green
June 15, 2016 @ 10:58 am
It’s very hard to outfox, outrun, or outlive the govt, especially the internal revnooers.
ole don
June 15, 2016 @ 11:39 am
I reckon they will now go after Al Sharpton for his multi-million dollar back tax bill…?
Phillip Bradbury
June 15, 2016 @ 11:51 am
“…oh it’s hard to be humble…”
Old Cowboy
June 15, 2016 @ 9:12 pm
Mac Davis?
Bill
June 15, 2016 @ 1:53 pm
Support DAC
AND
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL OUTLAWS
Erik North
June 15, 2016 @ 4:03 pm
I guess now DAC will be happy when, the next time he hears his name being called, it’ll be “when Jesus has His final Judgment Day.” (LOL)
dave heffron
June 16, 2016 @ 5:06 am
Jesus who?
Rob Adams
June 16, 2016 @ 5:29 am
My band Hemi Devils looks forward to playing with you on June 24th at The World Famous Cleveland Agora
Whiskey Pete
June 16, 2016 @ 9:45 am
My opinion: I really wish he’d clean up his look. 80’s style was great. He looks like a retard with his beard in braids. I know, I know, what does that have to do with his music…
Sensitive Bitches Disclaimer: The word “retard” was used and in no way was this used to cause insult or directly offend the mentally disabled or now know as “Intellectual Disabled” in accordance with Rosa’s Law.
clintos
June 17, 2016 @ 8:16 am
is not paying tax unLAWful?
Wes
June 17, 2016 @ 6:05 pm
Outlaw want a be.
AL
June 21, 2016 @ 8:37 am
Turn someone you know onto David Allen Coe. God bless country music, and God bless America.
Motown Mike
June 21, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
It was all that he could do to keep from crying I heard.
Bad
June 17, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
First of all, i dont think DAC gives a flying fuck what anyone thinks about his beads in his beard. David is one of the best song writers and performers to ever grace the stage up there with Jones, Cash and the Hag. This man could do just like Willie and have a huge concert to pay his taxs in short order.