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Feds Cracking Down on Unlawful Tax Return Preparers

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The Justice Department is advising taxpayers to choose their return preparers wisely as the April 15 federal tax filing deadline approaches. Unscrupulous preparers who include errors or false information on a tax return could leave a taxpayer open to liability for unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.

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Florida Tax Preparer Gets Prison for False Returns and Online Romance Scam

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A Florida woman was sentenced on Jan. 23, 2024, to two years in prison for a scheme to file false tax returns, and to two years in prison for an unrelated online romance scam. which provided tax preparation and bookkeeping services. Between 2017 and 2019, Coates prepared and filed 35 such returns. Attorney Kevin C.

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Florida Lawyer Gets 8 Years in Prison for Fraudulent Charity Tax Claims

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A Florida attorney was sentenced today to eight years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and tax evasion arising out of his promotion of an illegal tax shelter scheme involving false charitable deductions. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division made the announcement. District Judge K.

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Florida Lawyer Gets 8 Years in Prison for Fraudulent Charity Tax Claims

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A Florida attorney was sentenced today to eight years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and tax evasion arising out of his promotion of an illegal tax shelter scheme involving false charitable deductions. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division made the announcement. District Judge K.

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IRS to Try Out Its Free E-Filing Tax Return Program in 13 States Next Year

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According to the IRS, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and New York have decided to work with the agency to integrate their state taxes into the Direct File pilot program for the 2024 filing season. In addition, the state of Washington agreed to join the integration effort for its application of the Working Families Tax Credit.

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Florida CEO Gets 32 Months in Prison for Tax Evasion

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Cory did not report the income he earned through transfers to Gambit Matrix on his tax return for 2015 and did not file tax returns for the years 2016 through 2018 as required by law. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Handberg for the Middle District of Florida made the announcement.

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Former CFO of Russian Natural Gas Firm Gets 7 Years in U.S. Prison for Tax Crimes

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Mark Anthony Gyetvay, a former CPA in Naples, Florida, has been sentenced to 86 months in prison for a scheme to hide millions of dollars of income in undisclosed Swiss bank accounts and submitting a false filing to the IRS. Additionally, and despite being a CPA, Gyetvay did not file personal tax returns for 2013 and 2014.

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