Steve Harvey Talks About Owing More Than $20M To The IRS: ‘They Were Cashing The Checks, Keeping The Money

During an interview, on Earn Your Leisure podcast, Radio/Television Host/Comedian Steve Harvey recalled how he got into some trouble with the IRS for more than $20 million back in 2008.

The game show host and Miss Universe Pageant host stated… “My accountant died, and an accountant that worked for him called my lawyer and said, ‘We have a problem,’” he said in the interview. “She had found on the floor all my tax forms for 7 years, signed with the checks stapled to them.”

Harvey added, “They were cashing the checks, keeping the money, and not turning in the tax forms….They didn’t cash it, they took the money out [of] the account that matched the exact number.”

Harvey also told Yahoo News, who reported on his tax troubles in 2016, that the situation happened not long after he married his wife, Majorie. He had major concerns, and worried he’d lost his wife and his possessions.

“I sat my wife down and she cried and I held her and I told her it was going to be alright; I was going to get us out,” Harvey said.

To pay off the debt, Harvey said he took every gig and contract made to him, grinding until a “big deal” came through in 2012 that allowed him to pay off the debt.

Harvey has not performed his stand-up act since 2012, and has hosted his two main gigs, a morning radio show and a daytime talk show. Harvey has also hosted the Miss Universe Pageant for the last six years and currently has his own court show. The Family Feud host has also written several relationship books, including Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, which was turned into two movies starring Kevin Hart.

Harvey created The Steve Harvey Collection in 2012. The menswear line includes suits, ties and dress shirts. The brand also has children and a big and tall selection., presently, Harvey is reportedly worth more than $200 million according to Forbes