Okay, let's look at those.
Snipes didn't pay 23.5 MILLION in taxes. in fact, he straight up refused claiming that IRS had no authority over him.
Rose didn't pay taxes on money he made illegally gambling. When he was hit with future leins from the IRS in 2004, 2009 and 2012, he paid those off without going to jail.
Helmsly didn't just evade taxes, she committed outright fraud by billing work on her personal mansion to her hotel company, and THEN stiffed her contractors.
Willie Nelson never went to prison, his case was entirely resolved by him paying his back taxes.