Justin Bieber is likely mouthing along to his smash hit “What Do You Mean?” after learning about a six-figure tax bill that he owes. Bieber is past due on a property tax bill of $380,349 for the Coachella Valley house that he purchased in January 2023. He bought the house for $16.6 million dollars and missed an October 12 due date for half of his overdue taxes, with the other half due in April of next year. The area where the home is located is now synonymous with the annual celebrity-studded Coachella music festival, as well as residents Adele and Kim Kardashian. The Biebs also has to worry about potentially having an awkward neighborly encounter with his former manager Scooter Braun.
There is a chance that this very expensive mistake might be more of a habit — one that could deal a brutal blow to Bieber’s impressive net worth. An insider told Page Six that Bieber’s spending is “out of control.” The source said, “He spends eye-watering amounts per month. At one point, he couldn’t even get a credit card.” Of the various expenditures that Bieber splurges on, the insider went on to name private jets, houses (but clearly not always their property taxes), and interestingly, church donations. Giving fans yet another reason to worry about Bieber, the insider further claimed, “Justin is surrounded by a lot of people that do not have his best interests at heart.” Now it appears the question is whether Bieber’s business managers were some of said untrustworthy people.
It’s become a blame game
The expensive tax oversight is rumored to have made Justin Beiber even more upset with his former business managers at Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group, whom he began working with in 2022 but cut ties with in May of this year, though a representative for the group insisted to People, “It was a mutual and seamless transition. It wasn’t a fit anymore.”
Meanwhile, TMZ claims that Bieber believes his ex-managers lost him piles of cash through bad business decisions and is thinking of suing them, though his team is apparently “split” on getting litigious. Their wariness to sue could be due to the possibility that the blame might lie with Bieber. Tri Star seemed to clear the air of any wrongdoing on their part, saying in a statement obtained by The U.S. Sun, “Justin Bieber is not considering legal action against Tri Star. We did nothing wrong in our brief 18 months of representing him, and he is aware of this. We were not involved in any alleged unpaid property bills.”
The headline-grabbing sum is likely a thorn in the side of the “Never Say Never” pop star, who recently became a father and has diapers to pay for. But then again, how to do your taxes feels like a good lesson for some father-son time one day in the future. In the meantime, while Bieber may need to take some classes in financial literacy, he is not exactly hurting for cash. Last year, Bieber sold his entire back catalog of music for more than $200 million dollars. Let’s just hope that he remembers to pay any taxes that he needs to on that big chunk of change.
