Posts Tagged ‘filing false income tax return’

Filing False Tax Returns Gets Alabama Woman 35 Month Prison Term

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Tawana Powell, 38, of Prattville, Ala., was sentenced to 35 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to file false and fraudulent federal income tax returns charges. From 2005 to 2007, Powell and her co-conspirators filed more 160 returns with the IRS by using stolen identifying information of other individuals. The intended loss to the United States was more than $1.3. Powell was ordered to pay $676,465.49 in restitution
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No Innocent Spouse Tax Relief for Couple Who Face Five Years in Prison for Tax Evasion

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The IRS offers Innnocent Spouse Tax Relief for people who find themselves in tax trouble due to the actions of their spouse or ex-spouse.   The IRS has set Innocent Spouse Guidelines to determine if a spouse will be held jointly responsible for the tax crime.  If you find yourself in an unpleasant tax situation where you believe that you may qualify for the IRS Innocent Spouse Tax Relief, do the following:  review
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Businessman Faces Multiple Tax Charges Including Tax Evasion, Tax Fraud

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Daniel L. French, of Akron, Ohio, was charged with three counts of attempting to evade his personal income taxes and two counts filing false income tax returns for a solely-owned corporation he operated in Macedonia, Ohio.
The first two counts allege French filed false returns for the years 2002 and 2003, which  listed deductions for corporate payments that were in fact disbursements for personal benefit.  These disbursements are alleged to be
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