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"&lt;strong&gt;Nic Cage&lt;/strong&gt; might be the GREATEST GIFT GIVER of all time -- because according to the IRS, the actor gifted roughly $1.8 mil to people between 2004 and 2009 ... problem is, he forgot to pay the taxes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0414_cage.pdf\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0415_nic_cage_exd_doc\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/15/0415-nic-cage-exd-doc.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ obtained a &lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0414_cage.pdf\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;federal tax lien &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;filed against Cage in L.A. County -- which shows the actor is on the hook for $624,934.64 in unpaid gift taxes.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI -- federal tax laws require the gift giver to pay a 35% tax on all large gifts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a year-by-year breakdown on how much money Cage allegedly owes based on the gifts he gave ... notice how the size of the gifts diminished as his financial woes grew. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2004 -- $135,500.90&lt;br /&gt;2005 -- $113,648.10&lt;br /&gt;2006 -- $163,059.93&lt;br /&gt;2007 -- $164,336.98&lt;br /&gt;2008 -- $40,429.45&lt;br /&gt;2009 -- $8,959.28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As TMZ has previously reported, Cage blamed his former business manager for making risky and reckless investments with his fortune ... resulting in \"catastrophic losses.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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