The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint seeking to bar nine Florida tax return preparers and their associated business from assisting in preparing federal income tax returns for others.
Louis and Taxman also allegedly falsified and overstated business and itemized deductions on their customers’ tax returns, including filing Schedules C for customers they know do not own or operate a business. Some customers did not know that Louis and his codefendants were filing returns showing business losses.
Louis and his codefendants are also alleged to have prepared tax returns for customers claiming the incorrect filing status by using the head of household status or single filing status for married couples who should have filed as married.The IRS estimates that the United States has lost millions of dollars in tax revenue due to the defendants’ actions.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes asks for a sentence of time served after seditious conspiracy convictionJustice Department prosecutors are seeking a 25-year prison sentence.
Read more »
California woman gets 40 years in prison for sexually abusing young children, filming the crimesThe 2 victims were ages 5 months and 7 years, the Justice Department said.
Read more »
GOP threatens Blinken contempt charge over Afghanistan docsThe State Department says it's “unfortunate” the House Foreign Affairs Committee's chairman has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress if the department doesn't turn over classified cables related to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul pledged Friday to escalate the battle with the State Department over a dissent cable written by diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul before the 2021 withdrawal. The deadline for the State Department to respond is Thursday. A department spokesperson says the committee has received a classified briefing on the cable and a written summary. The department says providing the cable would threaten the integrity of the classified reporting process.
Read more »
Home | Department of Transportation
Read more »
St. Jude League holds march for fallen Chicago Police Department officers, familiesThe event comes the day after another CPD officer was shot and killed coming home from work.
Read more »
Man arrested after entering Vallejo police department armed, smoking methA man was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly walking into the Vallejo Police Department armed with a knife and replica firearm, and smoking methamphetamine in the lobby, announced officers on Saturday.
Read more »