DETROIT – The Internal Revenue Service is auditing Aretha Franklin's estate.
The government claims Franklin owes more than $6 million in back taxes going back to 2012. An attorney representing the estate said that at least $3 million in back taxes has been paid to the IRS since Franklin's death.
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David Bennett, who represents Franklin's estate, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the estate is being audited by the IRS, which he says filed a claim this month in a county probate court north of Detroit.
"We have a tax attorney. All of her returns have been filed," Bennett told the AP. "We have disputes with the IRS regarding what they claim was income. We claim it's double-dipping income because they don't understand how the business works."
Franklin died in August at the age of 76. At the time of her death, she owned a home in Bloomfield Township, according to the AP.