Director Martin Scorsese has joined the list of Hollywood big stars recently hit with tax charges. The veteran director comes next to Al Pacino who was earlier reported by the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office to owe more than $188k of back taxes.

Citing the report by the New York Post, FoxNews.com estimated the cinematic legend’s tax surcharges a staggering amount of $2.85 million.

According to the Post, the notice sent to the director said that the amount covers taxes and related interest and penalties. Received by the director’s camp on February 14 but which was recorded by the city’s finance department only on February 25, the IRS notice indicated that the tax serices office has the first claim on any sales of Scorsese’s estate.

Scorsese’s spokeswoman, Leslee Dart denied any tax debts incurred by the “Taxi Driver” director, emphasizing that everything he owed the government is already fully-paid for as of today.

“The IRS prematurely filed this lien even though Mr. Scorsese had an agreement with the IRS to make payments and was fully complying,” Dart was quoted as saying by the FoxNews.com.

She insisted, “As of this moment, the entire amount is fully paid, and he has no current IRS debts”.

Like Al Pacino, Scorsese attributed his tax problems to the fiasco created by financial adviser, Kenneth Starr.

Pacino and Scorsese are just some of the celebrity victims of Starr, who was sentenced to a seven and a half-year imprisonment in federal prison when busted for $33 million Ponzi scheme.

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