The IRS says Aaron Carter's insolvent estate owes more than $461,000 in back taxes

The federal government wants to collect a large tax bill from the estate of the late pop singer Aaron Carter.

Unpaid balances across five years

According to new court filings from the Internal Revenue Service, Carter left unpaid taxes for 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Once interest and penalties are added in, the agency puts the total at $461,253.54.

The smallest balance dates to 2014 at just $326.60. The amounts grow each year after that. The 2021 tax year alone accounts for $172,538.70 when the balance, interest and penalties are combined.

The agency filed the claim in court in an effort to collect what it says it is owed.

A long fight over what he left behind

Carter died in November 2022. His estate has been the subject of a dispute ever since.

Earlier this year his mother, Jane Schneck, pushed to keep the estate open. A judge instead ruled that it was insolvent and closed it. Melanie Martin, Carter's former partner, was given all of the estate's non-cash assets.

Schneck argued that the trustee had placed too low a value on her son's music royalties. She also accused Martin of making what she called "illegal withdrawals" of $24,530 from his accounts.

How the bill gets paid is unclear

With the estate already declared insolvent, it is not clear how the IRS expects to recover the money. A request for comment was sent to representatives of the estate.