ARIZ. TAX PROTESTOR DID NOT REPORT $2 MIL, GETS 18 MONTHS IN JAIL
Roy A. Ottinger II, 48, of Phoenix, Arz., was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after being charged in an information to two counts of failing to file income tax returns. Ottinger was also ordered to cooperate with the IRS in order to come into compliance.
Ottinger was a licensed chiropractor in the state of Arizona, conducting his chiropractic practice in Apache Junction through Optima Multi-Care PLC, a Limited Liability Company that Ottinger incorporated in 1999. In 2001 and 2002, Ottinger earned a gross income from his practice of $1,110,263 and $826,309, respectively. Ottinger also earned rental income of $51,466 in 2001 and $59,807 in 2002 generated from numerous properties he owned.
Claiming his income was excluded from taxation based on the U.S. Constitution, Ottinger did not file a correct tax return between 1992 and 2005. In 1994 Ottinger’s accountant advised him that his anti-tax views he were incorrect and invalid.
Beginning as early as 1998, the IRS initiated examinations on Ottinger for his 1994, 1995 and 1997 tax return delinquencies. Ottinger responded to the IRS with letters espousing his anti-tax views and filed tax returns reflecting zero income for the years 1994, 1995 and 1997.
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