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    • Mar 6, 1954
    Elvis Presley files his first income tax return, listing total income of $916.33 in 1953. He receives a $5.10 refund
    Apr 24, 1957
    The Internal Revenue Service issues a $270,000 lien against Red Foley, charged with underpaying his income taxes from 1948-1955
    Dec 10, 1959
    Red Foley is indicted on charges of income tax evasion, covering the years 1954 and 1955. After two trials, he is eventually found not guilty
    Apr 24, 1961
    Red Foley is found not guilty in his second trial for tax evasion in the last six months
    Mar 16, 1964
    Rock & roll deejay Alan Freed is charged in New York with evading more than $37,000 in income tax. He earned co-writing credit on the '50s pop hit "Sincerely," eventually remade for the country charts by The Forester Sisters
    Jun 24, 1975
    Former Columbia Records president Clive Davis and 18 other executives are indicted for six counts of income tax evasion. Davis later pleads guilty to one count
    May 24, 1976
    Arista president Clive Davis pleads guilty in New York for failure to report $8,800 as income in 1972 during a well-publicized tax case. Davis will authorize a Nashville division 13 years later, launching the careers of Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn
    Dec 17, 1976
    The IRS presents certificates to Eddy Arnold and Grandpa Jones to thank them for recording public service announcements that encouraged Americans to file their income taxes early
    May 12, 1978
    The Internal Revenue Service places a lien of more than $80,000 against Jerry Lee Lewis to collect unpaid taxes
    Nov 14, 1978
    The Internal Revenue Service places a lien of more than $84,000 against Jerry Lee Lewis for unpaid tax liabilities



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