Soul
singer Dionne Warwick owes nearly $10m (£6.6m) in back taxes and has filed for
bankruptcy, it has emerged.
In a
petition filed this month in New Jersey, Warwick lists liabilities that include
nearly $7m (£4.6m) owed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the years
1991 to 1999 and more than $3m (£1.98m) in business taxes owed to the state of
California.
The Walk
On By and I Say A Little Prayer singer also lists around $21,000 (£13,800) in
monthly income and about the same amount in monthly expenses.
Warwick's
publicist Kevin Sasaki said the singer had been victimised by bad financial
management and added she has paid back the actual amount of the taxes, but
penalties and interest have accumulated over the years.
According
to court documents, the 72-year-old has an average monthly income of $20,950
but average outgoings of $20,940, leaving her with just $10 a month after
covering her expenses.
Mr Sasaki
said: "In light of the magnitude of her tax liabilities, Warwick has
repeatedly attempted to offer re-payment plans and proposals to the IRS and the
California Franchise Tax Board for taxes owed.
"These
plans were not accepted, resulting in escalating interest and penalties."
A
five-time Grammy award winner, Warwick won her first in 1968 with Do You Know
The Way To San Jose? and her second two years later for the album I'll Never
Fall In Love Again.
She is
the cousin of Whitney Houston, who died at the age of 48 in February last year.
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