Lauryn Hill Pays Past-Due Taxes

Lauryn Hill has reportedly paid the back taxes and penalties she owed. The South Orange resident and Fugees singer was schedule to be sentenced in Newark on Monday.

Billboard.Com reports that Hill's lawyer says she has paid. 

Hill was scheduled for sentencing in U.S. District Court in for her failure to file tax returns on more than $1.8 million earned between 2005 and 2007.

On April 22, sentencing was postponed, giving Hill until May 6 to pay off her debts. 

The 37-year-old singer and South Orange resident was charged and pleaded guilty in June 2012 to failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million in income earned in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The eight-time Grammy winner earned most of that income from music and film royalties and also owned at least four businesses.

The total owed was in question.   the government argued  that taxes assessed against her corporations should count towards her total liability, which, with state personal income taxes included, brings Hill’s total obligation to just over $1 million. 

Hill's attorney argued, however, that taxes assessed against her corporations should not count against Hill personally and that she owes just $968,000. Sentencing guidelines state that a liability of less than $1 million means a defendant can serve anywhere from 24 to 30 months in jail, a range that rises to between 30 and 36 months for an obligation of more than $1 million. 

The singer faces up to a year in jail for each of three charges.

Hill addressed her public through her Tumblr page commenting on her tax situation, Sony Music and music she is working on.

Hill released a new song, "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)" on Friday.