Computer Game Pioneer Trip Hawkins May Escape Tax Debt

William H. Hawkins or, as he is better known, "Trip Hawkins" had some good news from the Ninth Circuit this week.   A bankruptcy court had ruled that Trip's "profligate lifestyle" after realizing he was insolvent amounted to a willful attempt to evade or defeat taxes.  The Ninth Circuit has ruled that not immediately adjusting his lifestyle when he realized he was insolvent did not constitute willfulness. ....a mere showing of spending in excess of income is not sufficient to establish the req...