ABBA Star Ordered To Pay $2.1 Million In Tax Former ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus has been order to pay 16 million kronor ($2.1 million) in undeclared royalties by Swedish tax officials. The "Dancing Queen" hitmaker is accused of tax evasion, with officials believing Ulvaeus siphoned his royalty payments into a Netherlands-based construction company. Victor Palm, a spokesperson for the country's tax office, says, "He is paying less tax than he should." Last year, Swedish authorities presented Ulvaeus with a 90 million kronor ($13.1 million) bill for backdated taxes, fees and interest rates prior to 1984, when he moved to the UK. ABBA enjoyed chart success in the 1970s and 1980s, selling 370 million albums across the world.
I will resist ending this post with a quote from my dad's favorite ABBA song "Money, Money, Money."
Wednesday, January 03, 2007 :::
A giant thank you to everyone who made our final bluestate a huge success. The crowd was fantastic from the time doors opened to the moment Kyle's last song ended. It was the best ending I could have imagined, and I'm still finding blue confetti in the strangest places. My photos are up, and setlists will be up as soon as I get them from my fellow DJs.
01/05: Taint and Bliss present INFAMY, 9:30 Club
01/10: Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, 9:30 Club
01/19: Benjy Ferree, Meredith Bragg and the Terminals, Greenland, Black Cat 01/24: Hej Hej, Cafe Saint-Ex
