A Miami contractor was sentenced to 18 months in prison for employment tax fraud.
Reynaldo Orozco was also ordered to pay $504,047 in restitution to the United States.
Orozco previously pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false employment tax return on March 22, 2011. According to court documents, from 2004 to 2007, Orozco owned and operated Rock Construction Builders Inc., a construction business located in Miami-Dade County.
Orozco admitted that he
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An employer’s obligation concerning payroll taxes is twofold: 1. withhold the proper amount of payroll taxes from all employees 2. pay the taxes owed to the IRS with the withheld money.  The downfall of many businesses is when they use collected payroll tax money to pay their operating expenses.  When a business owner avoids turning over the payroll taxes to the IRS, they may not realize the amount of penalties and interest
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The man in the article below got busted for some serious crimes.  He is lucky that he got off with five years of probation and no jail time.  As an employer, which he was, who withheld taxes from his employees, he was obligated to turn over the employee withholding taxes to the government.  The government considers these withholding taxes as “trust” taxes, relying on the integrity of business owners to
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Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service began employment tax audits of approximately 6,000 U.S. companies to provide statistical data for the National Research Program study of employment tax compliance. The IRS is also prioritizing the collection of unpaid employment taxes from both businesses big and small – and putting their most experienced agents on the task.
As the IRS is stepping up their increasingly aggressive collection efforts for unpaid payroll
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Many small business owners are feeling the heat with the struggling economy this tax season; on top of worrying about how to pay the bills just to keep the lights on, they have to figure out how to make payroll taxes in order to avoid harsh IRS penalties.
While it may be tempting to skip payroll tax payments in order to keep business doors open, not paying the IRS what you
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2009 was undeniably a challenging year for many businesses around the country. With the IRS’s renewed aggression to hunt and collect taxes from business owners, whether it be payroll  taxes or income taxes, more than a few businesses found it difficult to stay out of IRS trouble while still keeping the lights on.
This is why it is important for businesses to understand the tax climate–new tax law changes, possible tax
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As the IRS continues its increasing aggression in tax collection efforts, business owners that are having trouble making ends meet need to be wary of getting mired in payroll tax problems.
In this economy, many businesses are struggling with cash flow–oftentimes, it’s not that the business owners want to intentionally skip on paying payroll taxes, it’s because they can’t afford to pay them while still keeping their business running.
The important thing
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