Posts Tagged ‘failing to pay taxes’

Tax Evasion by Ophthalmologist Gets Him One Year in Prison and Hefty Fine

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

A Brookline, Mass., ophthalmologist was sentenced for his failure to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes and for obstructing an IRS audit.
Mark S. Hughes, 50, received one year and a day in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $60,000 fine. Hughes paid the IRS $1.75 million in restitution. He had pleaded guilty to tax evasion and obstruction
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Failure to File Income Tax is a Crime: Get Professional Tax Help Get With Your Delinquent Tax Filing Before It’s Too Late

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Every year, for all sorts of reasons, people fail to file their taxes.  When the IRS catches up to you, and they will, it is a crime that is punishable by prison time, a hefty fine, and often, both.  The good news is, if you failed to file your taxes in years past, you still have time to do it.  Many people do not know that you have the right to
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Architect Guilty of Tax Evasion

Monday, February 16th, 2009

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.