Thursday, June 9, 2022 Previously Pleaded Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns for Clients and Impersonating FBI Agent A Nevada man pleaded guilty yesterday to aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and money laundering. On March 28, he pleaded guilty to a separate...
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Mississippi Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Helping Clients File False Tax Returns
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...
Detroit Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty in False Return Scheme
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...
Colorado: 2022 Transition to Destination Sourcing
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...
South Dakota: New Municipal Tax Changes Effective July 1, 2022
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...
South Carolina: Richland County Man Charged with Tax Evasion, Did Not Report More than $3.7 Million in Sales
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,...
Justice Department Sues to Shut Down Miami Return Preparers
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...
Indiana: What Determines a Casual Sale and How are Taxes Affected?
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...
U.S. Court of Appeals ruling affirms IRS position that abusive microcaptive insurance transactions are shams
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...
Detroit Area Tax Preparer Indicted for Falsifying His Own Returns and Obstructing the IRS
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...