Post by Emerald City on Jan 16, 2005 13:12:08 GMT -5
Songwriter Norman Whitfield pleads guilty to tax evasion
LOS ANGELES - Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote such R&B classics as "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," pleaded guilty to failing to report more than $2 million in royalty income, authorities said Wednesday.
The plea, entered Tuesday, was part of a deal with the government that requires him to file delinquent tax returns, said Gary Tang, a spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service.
Whitfield, 64, was scheduled to be sentenced April 18.
He admitted to failing to file tax returns on about $600,000 a year between 1995 and 1999, costing the government $955,000 in tax revenue, Tang said.
Whitfield has also worked as a producer for the Temptations and others. His other hits include "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" and "War."
LOS ANGELES - Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote such R&B classics as "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," pleaded guilty to failing to report more than $2 million in royalty income, authorities said Wednesday.
The plea, entered Tuesday, was part of a deal with the government that requires him to file delinquent tax returns, said Gary Tang, a spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service.
Whitfield, 64, was scheduled to be sentenced April 18.
He admitted to failing to file tax returns on about $600,000 a year between 1995 and 1999, costing the government $955,000 in tax revenue, Tang said.
Whitfield has also worked as a producer for the Temptations and others. His other hits include "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" and "War."
