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Taxing times for ‘Jersey’ duo

“Real Housewife of New Jersey” Melissa Gorga, who’s been handpicked for TV to antagonize her bankrupt sister-in-law Teresa Giudice, brings her own financial woes to the Bravo reality show. Melissa and her developer husband, Joe, who appear in the new season starting Monday, have tax liens against two of their properties, according to public records. They bought their 13,000-square-foot mansion in Montville, NJ, in 2009 and have put it up for sale several times, Joe told us. They’re also trying to raise cash with an Internet reality-show site called “Prove World.” Celebrities pay Joe to interact with fans, and fans pay to interact with them in online video chats. When we asked the beefy developer about his financial situation, he told us in a text, “Everything just got paid 30 minutes ago, no big deal . . . Thank you for the reminder, you saved me some interest. Keep me informed if I’m behind on something else thanks again.”