by Michael Hogberg, EA | Nov 21, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Monday, November 21, 2022 The United States filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas today seeking to bar a Houston area tax return preparer from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The complaint alleges that...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Nov 17, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Thursday, November 17, 2022 Filed False Tax Returns Omitting Over $2.6 Million in Income Concealed in Lawyer’s Trust Accounts A federal jury convicted Michigan attorney Carl L. Collins, III on Nov. 16 of willfully filing five false tax returns for himself and one of...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Nov 16, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 A federal grand jury in Charlotte, North Carolina returned an indictment today charging two tax attorneys and an insurance agent with conspiring to defraud the United States and helping clients file false tax returns based on their...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Nov 16, 2022 | Expert Analysis
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Did Not Pay Over $1 Million in Payroll Taxes Withheld from Employees The owner of a Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, construction firm pleaded guilty today to tax evasion for evading payment of his company’s employment taxes. According to court...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Nov 3, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Thursday, November 3, 2022 Allegedly Evaded More Than $1.5 Million in Federal Income Taxes An indictment was unsealed Nov. 1 charging an Alaska businesswoman with tax evasion and filing false tax returns that underreported income from the business she owned. The...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Oct 28, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Friday, October 28, 2022 An Arkansas man pleaded guilty on October 25, 2022, to filing a false tax return with the IRS on which he did not report all of the income he earned from his business. According to court documents and statements made in court, Clarence A....
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Oct 20, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Thursday, October 20, 2022 Underreported Business Income and Did Not Pay Employment Taxes to IRS A federal grand jury in Newark unsealed an indictment today charging the operator of a New Jersey construction business with tax evasion, employment tax crimes, aiding the...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Oct 19, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 The co-owner of multiple bars and a restaurant in Georgia pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. According to court documents and statements made in court, Eugene R. Britt III, aka Trey Britt, engaged in a scheme to evade taxes owed to...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Sep 19, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Monday, September 19, 2022 Two North Carolina women pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing false tax returns for clients and causing them to be filed with the IRS. Hawkins, Ricks, and their co-conspirators caused more than 1,000...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Sep 5, 2022 | Tax Reminders
September 5, 2022 Oct. 17 is almost here, and it’s the last day to file for most people who requested an automatic six-month extension for their 2017 tax returns. These taxpayers should remember that they can file any time before Oct. 17 if they have all their...