Michael Fuller, an accountant from Florida, and Carl Perry, a food broker from Greenville, South Carolina, were sentenced on May 5, 2008 in federal court for tax evasion. Fuller was found guilty by a jury in July of 2007 and Perry pleaded guilty in May 2007 for conspiracy to defraud…
Apparently there must be a lot of money in tacos. Karl James, a former owner and operator of more than 50 Taco Bell franchises in Southern California and Arizona, was sentenced to serve 36 months in jail and three years of supervised release months for bankruptcy fraud and tax evasion.…
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) is alleging a massive tax fraud scheme by two European bankers. They have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the IRS pursuant to 18 U.S.C 371. According to the indictment among other things Bradley Birkenfeld, a former USB banker and…
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to dismiss tax fraud charges leveled by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the owner of a small business. United States v. Greve, 490 F.3d 566 (7th Cir. 2007). The case illustrates the perils of representing yourself in a civil tax audit involving…
A Southern California tax return preparer, Matthew Carl Berry, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the IRS pursuant to 18 U.S.C 371, and three counts of filing false federal income tax returns. According to the indictment among other things Berry prepared false documents to be used in…
David Szen, the former traveling secretary for the New York Yankees, was sentenced on April 4, 2008 to 2 years probation for tax crimes. Szen was also ordered to pay a tax debt of approximately $10,285 in taxes, plus tax penalties and interest, as well as a fine in the…
Tax lawyers from the Department of Justice are seeking to enjoin two tax return preparers from representing anyone before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) , acting as tax preparers or engaging in any other tax related conduct. The IRS complaint also seeks an injunction barring the tax preparers from engaging…
Sometimes taxpayers want to be “creative” in filling out IRS Form 433-A (Collection Information Statement for Wage Earners and Self-Employed Individuals). Stephen Miller got too creative, and he was found guilty of tax evasion in violation of Internal Revenue Code § 7201. He was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment. The…
A jury found a Colorado man guilty of failure to pay federal payroll taxes pursuant to IRC § 7202 and of filing false payroll tax returns pursuant to IRC § 7206(1). He was, however, acquitted of charges of tax evasion. Failure to pay IRS payroll taxes carries a penalty of…
The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced that it has filed tax evasion charges against a Diamond Springs, California couple who failed to file income tax returns, and failed to report all of their income from their painting businesses on their California State income tax returns for four years running. According…