"Paying taxes is a way to give back to the community, but unfortunately Hankerson chose to use those funds for other means." Hankerson, who is the former owner of Atlanta-based Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant, reportedly failed to fully remit more than 650,000 state sales and withholding taxes, which after penalties and interest totals more than 1 million, due from at least 2012 to 2016. "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. 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. 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. 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. After penalties and interest it totals more than 1 million dollars between 20. Soul music legend Gladys Knight has won her bid to sever all ties to her son’s troubled chicken and waffle business, according to a recent settlement filed in Clayton County court.
It’s said he did not pay more than 650,000 in state sales and withholding taxes. Photo: Instagram/msgladysknight Shanga Hankerson, the son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for failing to withhold. He is the former owner of Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant. Shanga Hankerson opened his first restaurant, Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles, in Atlanta in 1997. Gladys Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, has been sentenced to two years in jail over unpaid taxes. In February, the downtown location failed its health inspection after it received a 56 total score. 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. Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles opened in Atlanta in 1997 and has expanded to three locations.
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