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Florida Man Gets Prison for Not Paying $900K in Employment Taxes

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A Florida man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for failing to pay over taxes that he withheld from his employees’ paychecks. According to court documents and evidence presented in court, Timothy Meade, of Fort Myers, Florida, operated a prison phone call service under several business names. Attorney Roger B.

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Florida Sales Tax Holiday Runs from Jan 1 to Jan 14

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If you’re in Florida and missed out on buying some things you wanted during the holidays, here’s some good news. A bonus New Year Florida sales tax holiday has started and will continue until mid-January. It’s worth noting that offering a second tax-free holiday for back-to-school shopping is a first for the Sunshine State.

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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. According to court documents and statements made in court related to the tax scheme, Iona Coates owned and operated Bits & Bytes Accounting Services Inc.,

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Florida Adds New Sales Tax Holidays, But with a Bug

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On Thursday, May 25, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signed a bill to approve legislation that provides six sales tax holidays in the state. The bill also establishes numerous new permanent Florida sales tax exemptions. All will require affected businesses to adapt in one way or another.

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Vitamins, supplements and sales tax – the latest

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For purposes of incurring sales tax in any state, that essentially translates into “sometimes.” In other instances, vitamins and supplements aren’t taxed at all. How do you handle sales tax liability if you sell vitamins, dietary supplements or other items in this nebulous category? And we don’t mean “sometimes.”

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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. Meyer earned more than $10 million from selling the Ultimate Tax Plan.

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

CPA Practice

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. Meyer earned more than $10 million from selling the Ultimate Tax Plan.

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