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Beyoncé Disputes $2.7M IRS Claim

Author Autumn Hawkins
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: Beyoncé accepts the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album award for “Renaissance” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Beyoncé filed a petition in U.S. Tax Court contesting nearly $2.7 million in tax and penalties, per Forbes. According to the Notice of Deficiency, obtained by Forbes, Beyoncé owes $805,850 for 2018, along with $161,170 in penalties. The Renaissance artist is also responsible for $1,442,747 in 2019, as well as $288,549.40 in penalties. There is also interest due on those amounts.

The singer “argues the IRS overlooked millions of dollars in charitable donations over the course of those two years, including an $868,766 contribution to an undisclosed charitable organization in 2018.”

Beyoncé’s petition requests that if tax penalities were to occur it should be waived since she “has acted reasonably and in good faith.”

“We are working with the IRS and anticipate that the matter will be resolved shortly,” the singer’s attorney Michael C. Cohen told Page Six.

Despite petitioning the IRS claim, Beyoncé will soon be starting her Renaissance World Tour.

The tour will begin in Europe this May before she hits North America in July. The North American leg of the tour begins July 8 with back-to-back shows in Toronto’s Rogers Centre. The tour will eventually make stops in several major cities in the United States including New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Las Vegas, and ending in New Orleans on September 27.

The Renaissance tour marks Beyoncé’s tour in five years. Her last tour was the On the Run II tour with Jay-Z for their joint album Everything Is Love.

Beyoncé's Most Striking Lyrics From 'Renaissance'

  • 1. "I'm That Girl"

    Beyoncé sets the tone for Renaissance with “I’m That Girl.” On the opening track Beyoncé sings, “I pull up in these clothes, look so good/’Cause I’m in that, hoe/You know all these songs sound good/’Cause I’m on that, hoe.” The icon lets her fans know that she has been and forever will be “that girl.”

  • 2. "Cozy"

    “Cozy” is all about being comfortable and confident in all that you are and Beyoncé did just that with the lyrics, “She’s a god, she’s a hero/ She survived all she been through/ Confident, damn, she lethal/Might I suggest you don’t f— with my sis/’Cause she comfortable.”

  • 3. "Alien Superstar"

    “Alien Superstar” was an easy standout favorite and so is one of the most notable lines of the album: “Category, bad bitch I’m the bar.”

  • 4. "Cuff It"

    That “Cuff It” to “Energy” transition lives rent-free in our heads but so does the line, “You Mister Nasty, I’ll clean it up” as Beyoncé channels her “Partition” alter ego on this track.

  • 5. "Energy"

    Beyoncé did not hold back with the line “‘Cause them Karens just turned into terrorists.” Enough said.

  • 6. "Break My Soul"

    When Beyoncé dropped “Break My Soul,” the disco-pop hit went down as the unofficial song of the summer. The line “Ain’t takin’ no flicks but the whole clique snapped” is reminiscent of summer and a very accurate depiction of an unforgettable girls night out.

  • 7. "Plastic Off The Sofa"

    “Plastic Off The Sofa” is a beautiful love song but the giggle after Bey delivers the line, “I think you’re so cool (even though I’m cooler than you)” shows off a piece of her personality that is not always seen.

  • 8. "Church Girl"

    On “Church Girl,” Beyoncé brought back an old school saying with the line,”She gon’ shake that a– and them pretty tig ol’ bitties.”

  • 9. "Virgo's Groove"

    You already know how Beyoncé loves a water sport reference (i.e. Drunk in Love’s “surfboart” line) and in “Virgo’s Groove” she does just that with the line,”Cuddled up on the couch/Motorboat, baby, spin around/Slow-mo coming out my blouse.”

  • 10. "Move"

    Beyoncé is never shy talking about her spirituality so it comes to know surprise that the Moses’ Red Sea reference found its way on Renaissance with the line, “When the queen come through, part like the Red Sea/ Move out the way”

  • 11. "Heated"

    On the track, co-wrritten by Drake, Beyoncé shouts out her late Uncle Johnny who she dedicated Renaissance to. Her uncle with the help of her mother Tina Knowles, made several outfits for Destiny’s Child.

    The line: “Uncle Johnny made my dress/ That cheap Spandex, she looks a mess”

  • 12. Thique

    On “Thique,” Beyoncé celebrates her curves with the line “That’s that thique, that’s that real s—.”

  • 13. "All Up In Your Mind"

    In “All Up In Your Mind,” Beyoncé poses the question, “Is my love a crime ’cause I wanna make you mine?”

  • 14. "America Has A Problem"

    “America Has A Problem” and its that we can’t stop listening to this album. This track is the most rap-heavy of all the songs on Renaissance and Beyoncé proves she has bars. “Your ex-dealer dope, but ain’t crack enough” is one of the hottest bars on the record.

  • 15. "Pure/Honey"

    We all felt it when Beyoncé sang, “Bad bitches to the left, money bitches to the right” on “Pure/Honey” as we try to run to both sides in the club.

  • 16. "Summer Renaissance"

    You know once you get to “Summer Renaissance” that you’re at the end. But, before Beyoncé leaves, she shouts out the black-owned fashion house Telfar because you know Bey is always on trend.

    The line: “This Telfar bag imported, Birkins, them s—- in storage.”

Autumn Hawkins is the National Hip-Hop and R&B writer for Beasley Media, currently residing in New Jersey. Prior to working at Beasley Media, she was in broadcast news as an entertainment producer. When she's not impatiently waiting for Beyoncé to drop new music, she is reading, shopping, or planning a vacation.

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