"Paying taxes is a way to give back to the community, but unfortunately Hankerson chose to use those funds for other means." Shanga Hankerson, the son of iconic soul singer Gladys Knight who had been embroiled in a tax scandal involving his now-closed restaurants, Gladys Knight’s Chicken & Waffles, will now be serving time for his crimes, new reports reveal. I remember going to the restaurant when it was open and it was a good experience It’s said he did not pay more than 650,000 in state sales and.
He is the former owner of Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant. "While ownership of a well-known restaurant in our community has its perks, it also comes with great responsibility," IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge James Dorsey said. Gladys Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, has been sentenced to two years in jail over unpaid taxes. From at least 2012 to 2016, Hankerson failed to remit more than $1 million in payroll taxes, prosecutors said. He was the sole owner of the business and was required to withhold payroll taxes from his employees' gross pay. you will find famed singer Gladys Knight has her own chicken and waffle. During his sentencing Wednesday, Hankerson, who pleaded guilty in July, was also ordered to serve a year of supervised release following his prison sentence and to pay more than US$1 million in restitution. Chicken and waffles is considered a classic soul food dish in the United States. Attorney Kurt Erskine said in a news release. Hankerson, 45, "willfully disregarded his tax obligations for many years," Acting U.S. Over the next several years, he opened at least three more locations in Georgia and Washington, D.C. JUPDATE: Gladys Knight accused her son of trying to extort and blackmail her by threatening to make false claims that she has dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, according to a. Shanga Hankerson opened his first restaurant, Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles, in Atlanta in 1997. The Georgia Department of Revenue raided Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurants in the metro Atlanta area, according to Channel 2 Action News. The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for the restaurants that bore his mother's name, federal prosecutors in Atlanta said.
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