and settlements between willie's lawyers and the government nelson sued the people he invested with for NUMBER_TOKEN million dollars and an unknown number was settled on but even though the original bill sent to willy was for over NUMBER_TOKEN million after hard-fought negotiations they whittled that number down to just NUMBER_TOKEN million nelson still couldn't afford to pay that or anywhere close to it in an interview with texas monthly magazine nelson's daughter lana nelson said he didn't have NUMBER_TOKEN million dollars and added he probably didn't even have NUMBER_TOKEN thousand hey if you're enjoying this video so far be sure to give it a like and subscribe to facts first for more and stick around for a lot more about willie nelson and his money paying off his debts it's time to find out how willie nelson spends his millions simply put he spends most of his cash paying back the irs all his houses and other assets combined still weren't close enough to settling his debt so the irs gave him the option to make an album where some of the profits went towards his outstanding debt the album humorously titled the irs tapes who will buy my memories was released in june NUMBER_TOKEN with a price of NUMBER_TOKEN sales of that record were split six dollars going to nelson and three to the irs the remaining NUMBER_TOKEN went to the record company even though willy was a star and had support from fans in various organizations the album didn't sell enough to cover the debt the good news was it certainly helped during this time nelson settled some lawsuits with other cases he was caught up in and was able to cover the rest of the debt within the year all in all it didn't take that long to pay back all that was owed and he ultimately learned a vital life lesson when it comes to investments in an interview with rolling stone when asked if the whole debacle took a toll on him willie admitted it didn't affect him that much he said the irs really didn't bother him after the first day of record sales they merely wanted to find the best solution to help him nelson went back to doing what he loves most making songs with trigger and driving fancy cars now that he's cleared up his tax troubles he can finally spend his millions freely and legally cars he's earned more money by releasing a ton of albums and going on tours he's an avid car collector and prefers to drive various mercedes an orange NUMBER_TOKEN ford mustang a classic NUMBER_TOKEN tour bus and to top it off being an avid golfer he owns a red rolls-royce golf cart real estate willie nelson spends a lot of his millions on property he was able to buy more property around the u.s after his irs scare including luck texas a ranch in spicewood and a home in sunny maui in maui nelson opened a bar called charlie's he operated it with his sons and it was open for years sometimes nelson would perform with his sons or special guests unfortunately due to the pandemic the bar had to shut down for good family willie nelson has been married four times and has seven kids while no amount is
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