Even the stars can't avoid the taxman's reach

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Martin Scorsese may be an Oscar-winning filmmaker, but his success with landmark films such as Taxi Driver and Goodfellas just doesn't carry much weight with Uncle Sam. The IRS is demanding that the director/producer/actor/screenwriter pay $2.85 million in back taxes.

See what Scorcese's publicist says about it here.

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Grammy-award winner Kelly Rowland rose to fame in the late 90s as part of the popular female R&B group, Destiny's Child.

Now she's making headlines for a different reason: She hasn't been paying all of her taxes!

Reportedly, Kelly Rowland owes the IRS $98,634 in back taxes, prompting the government to file a lien against her in November 2010.

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Uh-oh, Mr. Kilmer, what would Batman think? In December 2010, TMZ reported that the IRS had filed a lien against the actor in New Mexico, where he lives. The reason? Kilmer owes Uncle Sam nearly $500,000 on his 2008 income taxes.

Does this seem like deja vu to you? It should. The Top Gun star also faced an IRS lien for $538,000 in 2009, but he has since paid that debt.

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Hot-tempered British supermodel Naomi Campbell made headlines twice last year: Once for her reluctant testimony about the "blood diamonds" she received from Liberia's former warlord Charles Taylor and again for failing to pay $63,487 in taxes assessed in 2009.

The lien, which was filed at the New York Registrar’s office, gave Naomi’s address as the Carnegie Hall Tower skyscraper in New York City.

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In August 2010, it was reported that Khloe Kardashian owed $18,490.74 in back taxes from 2007 — the year that Keeping Up With the Kardashians first premiered.

Between her reality TV shows, a chain of D-A-S-H clothing stores and professional basketball player husband Lamar Odom, perhaps Kardashian couldn't keep all her ducks in a row? Not so. Ms. Kardashian claimed she paid the money to her old accountant, but the accountant didn't pay the bill. The bill has reportedly since been settled.

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The "Rush Hour" actor was identified by the IRS as owing $11.5 million in delinquent tax debt from tax years 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

The IRS filed Notice of Federal Tax Liens on July 27, 2010 at the L.A. County Recorder’s Office against the actor-comedian.

Here is our simple breakdown of Tucker's debt.

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On July 9, 2010, the IRS filed a lien for $269,956 against Lowe and his wife, Sheryl Berkoff. The lien was filed with the Recorder of Deeds in Montgomery County, Ohio. The couple also owes back taxes from 2008.

However, the Brothers and Sisters star didn't seem to know anything about his tax trouble. “I checked with my client and he knows nothing whatsoever about this and has not been contacted by anyone in reference to this matter,” Alan Nierob, Lowe’s publicist, told The Detroit News.

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