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    • Jan 29, 1991
    Willie Nelson's Austin-area ranch home is sold at auction by the Internal Revenue Service for the minimum bid, $203,840
    Mar 5, 1991
    Texas football coach Darrell Royal buys numerous pieces of Willie Nelson's assets for $117,000 when the Internal Revenue Service puts them up for auction. The property is actually appraised at $2 million. Royal pledges to sell it all back to Nelson
    Apr 18, 1991
    The Internal Revenue Service sells a 668-acre spread owned by Willie Nelson at auction for $86,100
    May 23, 1991
    The Internal Revenue Service auctions off Willie Nelson's nine-hole Pedernales golf course outside of Austin for $230,000
    Jun 3, 1991
    Willie Nelson begins selling "Who'll Buy My Memories? The IRS Tapes," with TV ads directing viewers to a 1-800 number. Nelson owes the IRS $17 million
    Jun 13, 1991
    Dottie West bids for many of her own possessions, but loses most as the Internal Revenue Service sells her belongings to satisfy a $1.5 million debt. Among the items purchased: a white baby grand piano, $4,900; and a 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood, $3,100
    Jul 21, 1991
    Willie Nelson makes the cover of USA Weekend for his $17-million debt to the Internal Revenue Service. Nelson is selling a homemade album, "Who'll Buy My Memories/The IRS Tapes," via TV in an effort to raise the cash
    Aug 7, 1991
    Willie Nelson sells a Colorado ranch for $803,000 to pay down his multi-million dollar debt to the IRS
    Apr 25, 1992
    The Internal Revenue Service intercepts a $10,000 check paid to Jerry Lee Lewis in Savannah, Georgia, and applies it toward his $2 million tax debt
    Feb 2, 1993
    Willie Nelson agrees to pay $9 million of the $16.7 million he owes the Internal Revenue Service in a meeting at the IRS office in Austin, Texas. More than $3 million of that figure has already been paid



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