A Dora, Ala., woman has been charged with tax fraud for her role at a medical clinic she managed and partly owned. Carol Twilley, 43, allegedly failed to account for and pay to the IRS the federal income taxes withheld and Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes due to the United States on behalf of Horse Creek Family Medicine Inc. and its employees from November 2004 to January 2006. She faces
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The IRS has temporarily suspended its controversial plan to fingerprint tax preparers in large part due to objections raised by the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA). An excerpt from Accounting Today’s article, IRS Delays Tax Preparer Fingerprinting Requirements, shows IRS chief Doug Schulman, acknowledging  they got the message and have decided “to hold off fingerprinting” while they consider all the information received by “interested parties.”  The AICPA letter to the
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Doris Ruiz, of Minneapolis, Minn., was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and ten counts of failure to account for and pay over federal employment taxes. The indictment alleges that from 2005 to 2007 Ruiz diverted $152,292.44 in payroll taxes by instructing employees to stop preparing tax return forms.
Ruiz is the owner of Olen Staff Company, a temporary work agency in Minneapolis. If convicted, she faces
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A Maryland attorney pleaded guilty to tax evasion and structuring financial transaction to avoid reporting $1.5 million.
Stanley Needleman, 68, of Pikesville, Md., is a criminal defense attorney, practicing law for more than 30 years in state and federal court. Clients made payments mostly in cash, which was kept in a large bank envelope. At the end of each business day, Needleman took the bank envelope with the day’s receipts home
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Like all scams out there, if it’s too good to be true, it probably isn’t true. There are many tax scams making extraordinary claims like clearing your IRS back taxes in full. While tax help is available, make sure you investigate and ensure it is the kind of help you need. For help with seeking out the tax help you need, check out our tax attorney services.
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Lakecia Motley, 32, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for tax fraud and ordered to pay $676,465.49 in restitution to the IRS. At Motley’s plea and sentencing hearings, the prosecutors proved that from 2005 to 2007, she and her co-conspirators filed numerous fraudulent tax returns using stolen identity information. The United States lost a total $676,465.49 from the false tax returns.

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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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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California Women Faces 143 years in federal prison and fines totaling $5.6 million for tax fraud
This seems like a no brainer, however Norma Coronel of Livermore, California, thought she could outwit the IRS by claiming 19 non-existent children on her federal tax returns.
Coronel, who now faces 143 years in prison and $5.6 million in fines, claimed she had 19 children on the same day: Dec. 11, 2002 in Los
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This month I came across a couple of interesting articles from my StumbleUpon I wanted to share with you. Here is a recap of tax news covering topics on all things tax, from news on Innocent Spouse relief, giving to charity, tax scams and more celebrities tax problems.
IRS does ‘the right thing’ for the ‘innocent spouse’ – Michelle Singletary discusses the IRS and their decision to remove the two-year limitation
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The IRS commissioner explained how the tax-collecting agency is using the latest technology and aggressive data collection to curb fraud and evasion.
- Article by Michael Rozbruch, Certified Tax Resolution Specialist and founder of Tax Resolution Services
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IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman came to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in Baltimore with a clear message.
The IRS, he said, will use every tool and technology at its disposal to combat tax fraud and
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Latest edition of tax help news covering all things tax, from small business tax break checklists to furry feline tax court. This week we’ve Stumble(d)Upon the following tax news and cases:
The Real World: Tax Tips for Summer Workers – Is your son or daughter still looking for a job this summer? Consider employing them for your business and save big time on taxes! Check out this checklist for tax-saving tips as posted
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Tax scams are vicious. Aside from the unethical motives that drive a firm to pose as a tax relief agency and target consumers who are in tax debt, stressed out and unsure where to turn for advise, it is downright low. Unfortunately tax relief scams are a common topic these days. With the increasing number of fraudulent ‘tax relief’ firms out there, there is a growing need to fight back
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Tax schemes designed to defraud the IRS of money never work for long.  Taking part in a tax scheme such as the one described below is not the solution to tax relief.  If you owe back taxes, the solution lies with a qualified tax professional who can guide you through the process of tax relief.  Tax Resolution Services is made up of tax attorneys and Certified Tax Resolution Specialists that
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