Tax Avoiders in Your Neighborhood

Pamela Anderson's tax debt, like her breasts, is much bigger than it used to be.

When the former Baywatch star, who is listed with a 90069 zip code, popped up on California's top 250 delinquent taxpayers list a year ago, she owed the state $493,000. "All of my tax obligations will be resolved in the very near future," she promised at the time. "Certain events occurred outside of my control which caused this temporary but embarrassing situation."

Alas, on this year's scofflaw report, Anderson's unpaid tax bill has ballooned to $608,000. Her attorney Robert T. Leonard said via email, "We are in the process of resolving this matter and expect that all tax liabilities will be satisfied in the very near future." 

Anderson has plenty of company—one being West Hollywood nightclub front man Jeffrey Gossett, who made the list of "largest sales and use tax delinquencies in California." Gossett's unpaid tax bill amounts to $706,100, according to the Board of Equalization.

And Gossett's not alone. Over the past year, Californians skipped out on $6.5 billion in state personal and corporate income taxes, a sum that would make a huge dent in the state deficit. Another $1.4 billion was owed by retailers who typically failed to pass along sales taxes paid by their customers. 

In case you want to thank these deadbeats personally, click here for the latest honor roll of income and sales-tax outlaws in and around your city.