Unpaid Employee Withholding Taxes and Forging Release of Tax Levy Lands Ohio Man Probation and $50,000 Fine

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 collect the taxes, then to turn them over.  Essentially when an employer does not turn over the taxes it is considered theft and the owner is charged with a federal crime.  Owning a business can be stressful and having the IRS filing tax liens on your business does not help.  If you want to run a truly successful business, seeking payroll tax help, from a legitimate tax service, is highly recommended.  Tax Resolution Services – with our professional tax team comprised of tax attorneys and Certified Tax Resolution Specialists – can help you resolve your payroll tax debt problems today.  Putting your payroll tax issues behind you will allow you to truly focus on your business.  Don’t resort to forgery and deluding the IRS, like the guy below, because you will really pay for your crime!

Michael Preuss, 51, of Troy, Ohio, was sentenced to five years of probation for impeding the IRS from collecting more than $49,000 in unpaid withholding taxes.

In addition to his probation, Preuss must pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $49,916.77.

Preuss pleaded guilty to one count of corrupt endeavor to impede employee of the United States acting in an official capacity under the Internal Revenue laws. He fabricated a release form for his bank account which had been levied by the IRS for collection of unpaid withholding taxes.

Preuss had been the sole proprietor of Bullies of Piqua and owed $49,916.27 in back employee withholding taxes to the IRS at the time he sold the business in October 2006.

The IRS subsequently filed a tax levy for collection of the unpaid withholding taxes against Preuss’ bank account, along with another account. Preuss legally obtained a release of the levy on one account but then used that release form to fabricate a fraudulent release of levy for the other account.

Preuss then directed his wife to liquidate the released funds that same day in the form of cash and official bank checks. The employee withholding taxes remain unpaid.

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