by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 5, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 5, 2022 The co-owner and financial manager of a Puyallup, Washington steel fabrication business pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to nine counts of failing to pay over employment taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Donna Powell...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 9, 2022 | State Tax
June 9, 2022 After a slight decline in 2020, the state’s taxable retail sales showed major gains in 2021, reaching $210.4 billion – a 17.9% increase over 2020. Retail trade, a subset of all taxable retail sales in the state, also increased 16.1% for a total of...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Apr 25, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Monday, April 25, 2022 A former manager for a defense contractor pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2010 through 2016, Ronald L. Thomas, of Wellington, Florida, worked in Afghanistan, Oman and the...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jan 26, 2022 | State Tax
January 26, 2022 The owner of a Bellevue flower and gift shop has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service and ordered to pay a total of $97,858 to the state for stealing sales tax. Olivia Payment, co-owner of Flowers for the People and Flowers for the Peeps,...