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08-31-2009, 11:02 PM
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Steelers Hall of Famer Blount owes $631K in back tax, IRS says
By Michael Hasch
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Internal Revenue Service has accused Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount of owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back income tax.
The IRS filed a civil action Monday in U.S. District Court, Downtown, that accuses Blount of owing $631,101.25 in federal income tax between 1994 and 2006.
"Despite notice and demand for payment of tax assessments...(Blount) has failed to pay the full amounts due and owing," according to court documents.
A summons for Blount has been mailed to the Mel Blount Youth Home in Washington County. Blount could not be reached for comment last night.
The IRS and Treasury Secretary accuse Blount of failing to pay the correct amount of income tax nearly every year between 1994 and 2006. The exception was 1997.
Court documents state that Blount owes $205,705 from 1996. The lowest amount he owes is $4,797 for 1998, documents show.
Blount, 61, who was the Steelers' third-round draft choice in 1970, was the National Football League's defensive Most Valuable Player in 1975 and was a key member of the Steelers' first four Super Bowl teams.
His 57 career interceptions remain a team record, and he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989, the same year he established the Mel Blount Youth Home near Claysville.
He began plans to open the first Mel Blount Youth Home, a multitreatment facility for young men who are victims of child abuse and neglect, in his hometown of Vidalia, Ga., shortly before his retirement from the Steelers in 1983.
Michael Hasch can be reached at mhasch@tribweb.com or 412-320-7820.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Steelers Hall of Famer Blount owes $631K in back tax, IRS says
By Michael Hasch
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Internal Revenue Service has accused Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount of owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back income tax.
The IRS filed a civil action Monday in U.S. District Court, Downtown, that accuses Blount of owing $631,101.25 in federal income tax between 1994 and 2006.
"Despite notice and demand for payment of tax assessments...(Blount) has failed to pay the full amounts due and owing," according to court documents.
A summons for Blount has been mailed to the Mel Blount Youth Home in Washington County. Blount could not be reached for comment last night.
The IRS and Treasury Secretary accuse Blount of failing to pay the correct amount of income tax nearly every year between 1994 and 2006. The exception was 1997.
Court documents state that Blount owes $205,705 from 1996. The lowest amount he owes is $4,797 for 1998, documents show.
Blount, 61, who was the Steelers' third-round draft choice in 1970, was the National Football League's defensive Most Valuable Player in 1975 and was a key member of the Steelers' first four Super Bowl teams.
His 57 career interceptions remain a team record, and he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989, the same year he established the Mel Blount Youth Home near Claysville.
He began plans to open the first Mel Blount Youth Home, a multitreatment facility for young men who are victims of child abuse and neglect, in his hometown of Vidalia, Ga., shortly before his retirement from the Steelers in 1983.
Michael Hasch can be reached at mhasch@tribweb.com or 412-320-7820.