Mark Arthur Henriksen, of Monmouth, Ore., was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison after pleading guilty to one count of income tax evasion for the 2001 tax year. Henriksen was a principal of Applied Technical Systems, a business in Lake Oswego. Henriksen evaded the assessment of his income taxes in 2001 by instructing employees of ATS to make his bonus checks payable not to him but instead
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Jon Dale Adams of Jackson, Miss., was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for filing a false federal income tax return in 2000. Adams was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
The former owner of a strip club, Adams was indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2007. According to the indictment, Adams was charged with filing false returns that
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Small business owners and sole proprietors have been identified as the largest group that is contributing to the increasing tax gap of $350 billion/year. It is extremely difficult for the IRS to investigate each small business owner to uncover tax evasion acts such as under-reporting income.
In the current economy, the astonishing yearly tax gap is alarming to policymakers who are desperately short of funds. They find that they cannot fulfill
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In the current environment of increasing IRS enforcement efforts, it is unwise for taxpayers to evade taxes and think that they can get away with it.
While it may be true that a small percentage of tax evaders could enjoy a few years of “freedom” from the IRS, the ones who do get caught could be served with debilitating bank levies and heavy wage garnishments for life. (And you never know
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In an effort to more aggressively pursue tax evaders who hide assets in overseas accounts, the US Department of Justice, UBS AG (Swiss Bank), and the Swiss government are working together to reveal the identities of US depositors who use secret offshore accounts.
In order to aid Obama’s latest efforts to bring out tax cheats who take advantage of offshore tax havens, the government of Switzerland filed a brief in the
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A California businessman pleaded guilty to not reporting $15 million in capital gains from the sale of real estate.
Luke D. Brugnara was in the business of acquiring and renting real estate in the San Francisco area and elsewhere. In February 1998, the IRS requested copies of Brugnara’s individual income tax returns for the years 1990 to 1996, in addition to copies of tax returns for Brugnara Corporation. Brugnara returned those
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An Arizona businessman has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for failure to file a federal income tax return.
Mario Alexander Pino, 38, a self-employed consultant in Scottsdale, was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2008 and entered a guilty plea in March 2009 to the crime of willful failure to file his 2003 tax return. Pino was also ordered to serve one year of supervised release
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The IRS considers the assistance of filing false tax returns a severely criminal and punishable act. The IRS is able to utilize charts and summary data of national tax return statistics to determine the “normalcy” of a tax return. If your tax return is substantially higher than the national average, you will be a likely suspect for the IRS to investigate. If found guilty, you will be penalized by
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A Florida businessman was sentenced 22 years and six months in federal prison for, among other charges, for conspiring to commit wire fraud, obstructing an agency proceeding and impeding the IRS, and failing to remit payroll taxes.
Frank L. Amodeo, 48, of Orlando, pleaded guilty and was also ordered to forfeit more than $1 million seized from various accounts, three homes, several luxury automobiles, commercial real estate, a Lear Jet and
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The owner of a California healthcare-staffing business was sentenced to 18 months in prison after filing tax returns that failed to report more than $850,000 in income.
Nwadinaume Uba, 57, who was also fine $5,000 and ordered to pay $258,741 in restitution, pleaded guilty to three counts of filing false tax returns.
According to the plea agreement, Uba owned and operated TLC Prostaffing and Evergreen Health Care Connection — staffing businesses for
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Swiss banks are shutting the accounts of Americans as the Internal Revenue Service accelerates the hunt for tax dodgers. The country’s biggest banks, UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, have told Americans to move their money into specially created units registered in the U.S., or lose their accounts. Smaller private banks such as Geneva-based Mirabaud & Cie. are closing all accounts held by U.S. taxpayers.
After the American government’s legal
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In economic times when people are strapped for cash, it is tempting to cut corners when filing taxes in order to save some of your disposable income. After all, small tax savings from many different areas can add up to a substantial amount of money. However, no matter how tempting tax evasion may seem – whether it is small or large in sum – it is a terrible financial strategy
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Edward Finley, 67, of Spearfish, S.D., pleaded guilty to one count of an indictment that charged him with conspiracy to defraud the United States. Finely had falsified tax returns for another person for the years 2001 to 2003. The investigation was conducted by IRS. Finley faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
I have blogged about many IRS Tax Cases.  It is obvious that
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Terry Bowling, 62, of Huntington, W.V., was sentenced to one year and a day in prison. He was also ordered to pay in excess of $386,000 in restitution to the IRS.
Bowling, the owner and operator of several businesses, pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with the evasion of personal income taxes and federal employment taxes.
Bowling acknowledged his taxable income from 2002 to 2006 was approximately $368,000. However, because
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The president outlines a plan to work with overseas banks and target tax cheats. He also wants to hire 800 new IRS agents to hunt down those not complying.
By Michael Rozbruch
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Just months into office, President Barack Obama has publicly announced the targets of his administrations.
Worldwide terrorist networks?
Check.
Guantanamo Bay?
Check.
Carbon emissions?
Check.
Tax cheats?
Che— Say what?!
That’s right. Among President Obama’s high-value targets are tax cheats who hide money in overseas bank accounts. On May
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