FORMER ARIZ. RESIDENT GETS 1 YEAR FOR INCOME TAX EVASION
Robert N. Shearburn, Sr., 66, of Washougal, Washington, and formerly of Glendale, Ariz., was sentenced to 12 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to making and subscribing to a materially false tax return.Shearburn admitted he had signed and filed a tax return for the year 2000 that he knew contained false information. Shearburn said he filed the U.S. Individual Income Tax Return that falsely reported his adjusted gross income was $58,806, his taxable income was $28,616 and his tax due and owing was $2,000.
Shearburn admitted that when he filed the 2000 tax return, he knew his income and tax due and owing far exceeded the amounts he declared. In fact, for tax years 1999 to 2001, Shearburn said his under-reported gross income was approximately $830,000, with a tax due and owing of $232,400. Shearburn stated he received the majority of the under-reported income during tax year 2000. Shearburn was ordered as part of his sentence to make restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for unpaid taxes in the amount of $232,400.
On April 16, 2007, Shearburn’s son, Robert L. Shearburn, Jr., 44, of Phoenix, was sentenced to six months home confinement after pleading to Failure to File a Tax Return.
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