Will Smith says he had problems with income tax and sold everything to pay off debts

Will Smith, 55, has already had problems with income tax in the United States. The actor said that he had to sell everything he had to pay a debt to the government. This happened in the late 1980s and he still reported that the mistake was his because he thought he didn’t need to answer to the lion.

“In my head, I thought: ‘they receive money from everyone, they won’t need mine right away”, he said in an interview with the podcast 7PM in Brooklyn. “But they thought differently. So I didn’t pay taxes for two years,” Smith added.

At the time, he had won the 1989 Grammy for Best Rap Performance for “Parents Just Don’t Understand” with DJ Jazzy Jeff. Despite the success, the debt with the IR increased and the interest and fines caused the actor to sell everything he had to pay off the debt with the income.

The actor, who is currently showing in Brazilian cinemas with “Bad Boys: Until the End”, the fourth film in the franchise, said he broke down and decided to move from Philadelphia, where he lived, to Los Angeles. As soon as he arrived in the new city, Will was cast in the series “Um Maluco no Pedaço”, he blended one job into another and became one of the biggest stars in the United States.