R&B songstress Lauryn Hill was charged with failing to file tax returns on $1.6 million in income today.
Hill, 37, was charged this morning in New Jersey with three counts of failing to file income tax returns for the years 2005-07. Each count carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
According to court documents, the South Orange native owns four corporations: Creations Music, Inc.; Boogie Tours, Inc.; L.H. Productions 2001, Inc. and Studio 22, Inc., in addition to earning royalties from her work as a singer and actress.
Hill is scheduled to appear in the District Court of New Jersey on June 29.
Hill, a former member of “The Fugees,” took the musical world by storm with her 1998 solo debut album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” It has been reported that Hill earned upwards of $25 million in the late 1990s from record sales and tours.
The “Doo Wop (That Thing)” singer is still living in South Orange with her mother and children. Hill has five children with Rohan Marley, son of late music icon Bob Marley, and one 11-month-old child from another man.