Better late than never!  Regardless of what you’ve heard, you have the right to file your original tax return, no matter how late.  Filing a delinquent tax returnwill keep you out of prison, evading taxes won’t!  As William DeLorenze found out:�
William DeLorenze, 54, of Westbrook, Conn., was sentenced to five months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of filing
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Thomas R. Kelley, of Salem, S.D., was originally indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 3, 2008, for filing a false income tax return, impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and 16 counts of uttering fictitious obligations. A new superseding indictment added two counts of tax evasion and three counts of willful failure to file tax returns. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a
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The owner of a Texas-based trucking company has been convicted of three counts of making false statements on tax returns filed for the company for tax years 2000 to 2002.
Gladys Nell Bishop is the president of Quality Trucking Inc. in Houston. Trial evidence proved Bishop set up an accounting system at the company and maintained checking accounts at two different banks but only reported checks deposited into one of the
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Every month I choose a very special Tax Client Of The Month.  It’s my way of acknowledging good friends and saying “thanks” to those who support me and my business with referrals, word of mouth and repeat business.
 This month’s Tax Client of the Month is Mr. John Gordon.
Imagine owing the IRS over $78,000. That’s what Mr. Gordon’s debt to the IRS was when he enlisted our help. Our negotiations and
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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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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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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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Former executives of Bank of Durango in Colorado pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.
Cheryl McMillan, 56, and Marion McMillan, 61, husband and wife residing in Kansas, submitted their plea in Denver.
The tax evasion took place when Marion McMillan was the president of the Bank of Durango, and Cheryl McMillan was the vice president and chief cashier of the Bank of Durango.
According to the stipulated facts in the plea agreements, for
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I came across an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times about how the Better Business Bureau grades companies on a peculiar curve. It calls attention to the fact that paying the BBB to be listed as an accredited business appears to have instant benefits in the agency’s ratings.
So an accredited business automatically receives a half-grade boost to its rating. A B-minus business, in other words, will become a B.
And
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