A former Shively, Kentucky, police officer was sentenced to 39 months in prison and three years of supervised release after being found guilty by a federal jury of multiple counts of tax fraud and lying to the IRS.
Following a three-week trial, the jury found Curtis Gordon Jr., 40, of Louisville, Kentucky, guilty of three counts of filing false federal income tax returns, three counts of failure to file federal income
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The United States has sued a Washington man to stop him from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme.
The government’s complaint alleges that John Lloyd Kirk promotes the use of fabricated Internal Revenue Service Forms 1099-OID to report fictitious income tax withholding. Kirk’s customers allegedly file federal tax returns claiming huge tax refunds based on the fake withholding.
According to the complaint, Kirk, who resides in Des Moines, Wash., promotes the scheme
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Sometimes when a person is guilty of tax evasion, the IRS may assume their spouse (or ex-spouse) is also guilty through association.  In certain cases, the IRS has found that some spouses truly are innocent of their partner’s actions.  For this reason, the IRS set up the Innocent Spouse Claim program whereby a spouse may not be held responsible to pay the IRS back, but that is only if they
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We blog about a lot of IRS tax cases where people try to cheat on their taxes and lose.  If you don’t want to see your name and tax case on our  tax blog, I don’t blame you!  It’s never too late – and in your best interest – to resolve your tax problems today!  Tax Resolution Services can help you so you don’t end up as another tax cheat
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Any tax audit by the IRS should be taken seriously.  Ironically, it was tax audits of multiple returns that led the IRS to a corrupt individual and his company who were falsely preparing tax returns for others.Â
A federal court has barred Eddie Madrigal of San Antonio, Texas, from preparing federal tax returns for others. The government complaint alleged that Madrigal and his company prepared tax returns for customers that claimed
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I blog about tax evasion cases almost daily on my tax blog!  Why, you may ask?  Because I am trying to highlight that no matter how rich, or how poor, how famous, or non-famous, someone is does not matter to the IRS.  The IRS wants their taxes and they will come after you, if not today, than some time in the future.  Who wants to live constantly looking over their
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Ian Prout, 38, of Essex, Conn., was sentenced to three months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for failing to report more than $250,000 in income on his federal tax returns between 2005 and 2007.
According to court records, Prout was a self-employed race car specialist. Typically, Prout rented the facilities for the weekend and was paid to teach high-performance car owners how to drive and
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Many people don’t know that the IRS will work with you if you owe back taxes and feel that you cannot afford to pay them all at once.  For many of our clients at Tax Resolution Services, we have set up an IRS Installment Agreement plan, simply known as an IRS Payment Plan, which is an arrangement a consumer enters into with the IRS to pay back taxes owed.  This allows the person to
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Hiring the right tax professional to solve your IRS tax problems is crucial.  Why?  Because it is vital to your survival against the IRS.  At Tax Resolution Services we encourage new customers to question us about our credentials, about our firm, and about our history and record of solving tax problems.  If you are seeking professional tax help, refer to this page on our website for a list of questions that
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You don’t have to be a tax attorney to follow the advice in the title!  The IRS watches everyone, whether you know it or not, and if you are going to try to sell advice on how to conceal income from the IRS, then you might as well put a bulls eye on your head that reads “IRS Tax Cheat”!  At Tax Resolution Services, we want to distinguish that we are a company that
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Are you a victim of investment fraud?  Do you want to see those people who schemed you punished?  Do you want to know how a US tax code can help you recover some of your losses?  If you answered “yes” to any of these, this is your lucky day!  Many people who fall victim to investment fraud (“Ponzi” schemes and the like), where you have lost all or most of your investment,
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Owing back taxes to the IRS won’t go unnoticed, even if you are infamous with millions in your bank account.  The IRS makes no exceptions and sooner or later, if you owe back taxes, you will be hit with an IRS tax lien.  IRS tax liens are no fun and are inescapable by hiding in your house and watching “Girls Gone Wild” videos!  IRS tax liens are public records and show up
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IRS Payment Plans, also known as an Installment Agreement, are available to those who owe taxes and feel they cannot pay their tax liability all at once.  If you are in this situation, it is wise to work with a tax professional, such as Tax Resolution Services’ team of tax attorneys and IRS specialists, who can help you negotiate a low Payment Plan with the IRS.  When people are facing
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Tax fraud is committed every day.  One criminal act that seems particularly popular, that I’ve blogged about again and again, is filing false federal tax returns.  People do it for various reasons – I suspect that two of the top reasons would be to avoid paying taxes or to get a substantial tax return from the IRS, lining their pockets – and offshore bank accounts – with money.   But what good is money
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Michael R. Aldridge, 42, of Memphis, was convicted of one count of tax evasion the tax years 1991 to 1997.Â
Evidence presented during the eight-day trial revealed that Aldridge owed more than $261,000 in taxes. Evidence also showed that Aldridge signed and submitted false Forms 433-A and 433-B with two Offers in Compromise to the IRS and made false statements and submitted false documents during the negotiation of these Offers in
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