NEBRASKA COUPLE CAUGHT EVADING TAXES
Andrew J. Olmer, 44, and Susan E. Olmer, 43, a married couple in Leigh, Neb., were sentenced on federal tax charges. Andrew Olmer was sentenced for tax evasion for the years the 1999 to 2002. Susan Olmer was sentenced for failure to file federal tax returns for the same tax years.Andrew Olmer received 10 months in prison and a fine of $3,000. After his release from prison, he will serve three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $38,197 in restitution.
Susan Olmer received five years of probation. She will serve six months under home confinement and pay a $2,000 fine. She was ordered to pay $25,870 in restitution.
The Olmers failed to file a tax return since 1998. Each held jobs as wage earners. From 1999 and 2000, Andrew Olmer accumulated income taxes totaling $38,197, and Susan Olmer accumulated $25,870 in income taxes. Each of them filed false W-4s with their employers claiming exemption from federal and state taxes.
The government’s “efforts are directed at taxpayers who willfully and intentionally violate their known legal duty of voluntarily filing income tax returns and paying the correct amount of income tax,” said IRS Special Agent in Charge James D. Vickery.
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