A doctor in the Orlando, Fla., area pleaded guilty to one count of failure to file an income tax return.
According to the plea agreement, Nelson V. Vazquez, 48, of Deltona, Fla., intentionally did not file income tax returns from 2002 to 2004. The total amount of unpaid taxes for those three years was $54,140.
Vazquez, a medical doctor licensed to practice in Florida, worked as a temporary physician for other physicians
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The IRS announced new voluntary disclosure practices for offshore account holders. Voluntary disclosure can help taxpayers avoid prosecution for possible tax evasion and reduce taxes, penalties, and interest owed.  The IRS offers leniency for voluntary disclosure and Americans with IRS tax problems should take advantage of this policy to mitigate legal problems later.
While taxpayers can participate in the voluntary disclosure program before the IRS has initiated a civil or criminal
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Richard Blanchard, 52, of Warren, Mich., was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay $195,000 in restitution to the IRS.
In August 2007, a federal jury convicted Blanchard on 18 counts of failure to account for and pay over employee withholding taxes.
From 1997 to 2003, Blanchard operated R. Blanchard Construction Company, which provided excavation and snow removal services. He withheld $195,000 in taxes but failed to pay the
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Cheryl McMillan, 56, and Marion McMillan, 61, of Monument, Colo., were charged with tax evasion. The government alleges the husband and wife filed false and fraudulent tax returns that substantially underreported income for the tax years 2003 and 2004.
Cheryl McMillan faces two counts of tax evasion, while her husband Marion faces one count of tax evasion. They both face up to five years in prison and a $100,000 fine for
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The president of a Chicago government relations and economic development firm was charged with filing a false federal corporate income tax return for allegedly underreporting his firm’s taxable income.
Illinois Development Services Corporation president Anthony B. Bruno, 56, was charged in a single-count criminal information alleging he filed a federal corporate income tax return for Gray & Associates for calendar year 2001 which stated that Gray & Associates’ taxable income was
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Shirley G. Graybill, 72, of North Haven, Conn., was sentenced to two years of probation — the first four months of which she must spend in home confinement — after pleading guilty to one count of making and subscribing to a false 2002 tax return.
According to court records, the Triple Diamond Foundation was an entity created by Graybill and her husband, Dale L. Graybill, purportedly to fund cancer research —
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Last week, Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, examined the recent deferred prosecution agreement between the Department of Justice and UBS AG Bank of Switzerland, as well as the DOJ’s ongoing attempts to force the bank to identify its U.S. customers with secret Swiss bank accounts.
Recently, a senior executive of a large Swiss bank was charged with conspiring with other
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Professional golfer Jim Thorpe faces four counts of failure to file an income tax return and three counts of failing to pay income taxes.
According to prosecutors, in addition to being a golfer on the PGA Champions Tour, Thorpe earned income by playing in PGA events and from various endorsements. He also was the sole officer and director of a Florida corporation known as JLT Inc.
Thorpe, 59, of Heathrow, Fla., allegedly
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Mark Arthur Henriksen, 56, of Monmouth, Ore., pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion for the year 2001.
In 2001 and 2002, Henriksen was a principal of Applied Technical Systems, a business in Lake Oswego that installs commercial data networks. In response to a prior IRS levy against him, Henriksen used a friend to act on his behalf as a nominee shareholder of the company in order to circumvent
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Though slightly down from 2007, tax enforcement number in 2008 were among the highest in a decade.
By Michael Rozbruch
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The large number of tax evasion and audit cases you’re hearing about today isn’t a symptom of yellow journalism.
In fact, the fiscal-year 2008 tax enforcement numbers released by the Internal Revenue Service are among the highest in a decade.
In fiscal-year 2008, the IRS collected $56.4 billion through collection, examination and document-matching efforts.
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Thoeun Chan, 52, of Germantown, Tenn., was sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $207,142.30 in restitution following his guilty plea for tax evasion. Chan, owner of Handiworks Jewelry and Winchester Pawn and Jewelry in Memphis, admitted he failed to report about $274,875 in income for 2001 and about $277,277 in income for 2002. These false returns resulted in a tax loss of approximately $207,142.30.

Architect Jeffrey Alan Carrithers, of Portland, Ore., pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion for the year 2000.
According to the plea, Carrithers received substantial taxable income in 2000 and owed a substantial amount of tax. He willfully attempted to evade taxes, however, by concealing his true taxable income from the IRS and by failing to pay the tax due and owing.

A Tennessee man, in pleading guilty to tax charges, told the court he owes the federal government more than $300,000.
Charles Grecco, 44, of Franklin, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 6 months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of failure to pay taxes to the United States.
According to the government, Grecco failed to pay more than $67,000 in federal income taxes for years 2001 and 2002. During the plea
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An Ohio gambler will spend the next 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges.
Paul E. Sabatino, of Streetboro, Ohio, who pleaded guilty to the charge, was also ordered to perform 150 hours of community service and continue treatment for gambling addiction.
From 2002 to 2005, Sabatino embezzled approximately $1.7 million from a client of the CPA firm where he worked as an accountant. During that period, Sabatino
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Check out my small business tax tips on AccountingSolver.com: Don’t Let Payroll Taxes Sink Your Small Business.
There are plenty of ways to bring down the wrath of the IRS, but failing to file and pay payroll taxes is one of the swiftest and most efficient ways to close your doors. Trouble with payroll taxes can be the downfall of otherwise successful small businesses. I’ve been picking the brain of tax
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