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Original "Survivor" Richard Hatch in Sacramento this weekend
by Tony Sheppard, published on January 12, 2011 at 1:52 PM
Storyline: Film
Richard Hatch is one of the featured interviewees in the locally produced documentary "Death or Taxes: The Sad Truth About Our American Taxation System" that will be screened as part of the Sacramento Film & Music Festival's WinterFEST this weekend. Mr. Hatch will be attending the screening in support of the film and a question and answer session with the filmmakers will follow the screening.
About the film - from the producers:
With a run time of 78 minutes, Death or Taxes takes a hard look at the horrifying realities faced by the millions of taxpayers who owe back taxes, many of whom are forced to make life-changing decisions. Should they pay their rent or pay their back taxes? Put food on the table or pay the often exorbitant fines issued by IRS agents in the name of Uncle Sam? Death or Taxes tells the story of the good, honest people who get caught in IRS quicksand—some of whom are pushed beyond hope into the last decision they’ll ever make.
About Mr. Hatch:
Richard Hatch is best known for winning the first ever season of Survivor. Following his success on the reality television show and his $1,000,000 prize, Richard worked with attorneys and accountants to determine his tax obligations for the prize money. In spite of his best efforts, Richard was accused and convicted of tax evasion. Richard served 52 months in federal prison, 4 months spent in solitary confinement, without ever having been assessed a tax debt. Richard’s ongoing battle with the tax and legal systems continue today, as Richard works to clear his name, and come to a settlement with the IRS.
Death or Taxes screens at 1:30pm on Sunday, January 16th at the Crest Theatre.
The Sacramento Film & Music Festival WinterFEST is at the Crest Theatre from Saturday, January 15th - Monday, January 17th and the full schedule, with ticketing links and links to individual film pages can be found online at www.sacfilm.com/schedule.html
See also the overview Sacramento Press article about the Festival: LINK
Disclosure: Tony Shepppard is a Festival Co-Director.
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Is that true for the 50% who do not pay income tax?
By the way, Hatch violated the terms of his release and yesterday a U.S. District judge said he very well may send him back to jail.
to refer to somebody who is exempted from paying income taxes based on their income level as a parasite seems to be implicitly blaming them directly for the way the tax code is written - do you voluntarily pay more than you are required?
So the janitor should get paid MORE than the CEO?
;)
Also so someone who makes $75K a year is entitled to a child credit and not someone who makes $15K? Doesn't sound equal to me.
But the tax code is, and always will be, full of things that one person pays for that another uses. I don't have kids but I pay for others' child benefits and I pay in other ways for schools. But I also benefited from those things when I was a child and our (flawed though it might be) representative government has decided that we benefit as a group when those things are made available.
Or maybe he is just another tax dodging derelict trying extend his 15 minutes of fame.
The film sounds pretty interesting Tony. Do you have any background on the producers and what inspired them to do a film like this?
You probably should disclose that the executive producer of this film is Roni Deutch, the Sacramento based "Tax Lady" who is facing some pretty serious allegations of fraud related to her tax advice business. Apparently she also makes an appearance in the film.
If disclosed upfront, this fact shouldn't dissuade someone from attending your film festival, and in fact it may still be a great film on an important and timely topic. But you never want people to feel like they have been "had" when they find out pertinent information like this after the fact.
It doesn't seem to be hidden information. I believe the previous mentions of the film refer to the filmmakers, including Ms. Deutch.
@Cogmeyer Earlier this week, I read the press release announcing the film's debut; the press release was very clear that the film was backed by Roni Deutch and produced by a Sacramento based production company called SIMZ Productions. Anyone looking up the film, viewing the website, etc. would very quickly come to know the film's background. Even with Roni's current situation, the film's subject matter is still very compelling.
This is just one of 34 films over 3 days - and this was a documentary-heavy submission pool, so if you like these kinds of films, there are probably several more that you would find appealing. We have a full day of politics/peace/social justice content on Monday, in keeping with the nature of the holiday and the man it honors.