by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 9, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Thursday, June 9, 2022 A Gulfport, Mississippi, man pleaded guilty today to preparing false federal tax returns for clients. According to court documents and statements made in court, Orland Reed worked at a Gulfport tax return preparation business. Between 2012 and...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 9, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Thursday, June 9, 2022 A Michigan return preparer pleaded guilty today to preparing a false tax return for a client. According to court documents, Daneilla Allen co-owned All Star Tax Services, a return preparation business with locations in Michigan and Ohio. As part...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 8, 2022 | State Tax
Sales tax collection for the State of Colorado changed in 2019. At that time, exceptions to destination sourcing were given to small businesses. Destination sourcing means that sales tax is calculated based on the address where the taxable product or service is...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 8, 2022 | State Tax
June 8, 2022 Beginning July 1, 2022, the town of Gary is amending their municipal tax rate from 1% to 2%. In addition, they are also implementing a new municipal gross receipt tax rate from 0 percent to 1 percent. The municipal gross receipts tax will be applied...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 8, 2022 | State Tax
June 8, 2022 South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents today arrested a Richland County businessman and charged him with six counts of tax evasion. Ronnie L. Dozier, 53, of Hopkins, operated Intimate Elements, LLC in Richland County. From 2016 through 2021,...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 8, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 The United States has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida seeking to bar three Miami tax return preparers from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing federal income tax...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 7, 2022 | State Tax
June 7, 2022 It’s officially garage sale season! Early risers on the weekend are excited and ready to find some treasures on the cheap! So, do sellers have to collect tax on the items they sell? According to state law, a garage sale, rummage sale or similar sale is...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 7, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
June 7, 2022 The Internal Revenue Service today said that a recent court decision upholds its long-standing position regarding abusive microcaptive insurance transactions. Taxpayers should be alert to these schemes, normally peddled by promoters, as they will...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 7, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 A federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, returned an indictment today charging a professional tax return preparer with filing false tax returns for himself and his business, obstructing the IRS, and other tax crimes. According to the...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 7, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 A federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, returned an indictment today charging a Michigan man for not paying over employment taxes to the IRS. According to the indictment, Yigal Ziv, of West Bloomfield, owned and operated Multinational...