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what was the tax evasion with Ernie Kovacs about?
A frequent critic of the U.S. tax system, Ernie Kovacs owed the Internal Revenue Service several hundred thousand dollars in back taxes, due to his simple refusal to pay them.
how did the IRS find out about Ernie Kovacs's tax evasion?
did Ernie Kovacs ever have to pay back the sveral hundred thousand dollars in back taxes, due to his simple refusal to pay them?
Ernie Kovacs was served with a $75,000 lien for back taxes; that same day he bought the California Racquet Club to use it as a tax write-off.

Question: did he pay them any cash?
Self-contained rewrite: did Ernie Kovacs pay the IRS any cash?