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It's tax day, and for some that also means it's tax cheating day.
Everyone's heard of audits and civil penalties, but the very serious folks at the with help from the and the court system also send some taxpayers and accomplices to federal prison. This can include tax preparers, individuals who cheat, folks who fail to file, people in business who don't pay what they should, and criminals who don't pay taxes on their ill gotten gains.
It's happened to the rich, famous and infamous. Hotelier , baseball player , from TV's Survivor and mobster have been to prison for tax crimes. Movie star Wesley Snipe is appealing a prison term on charges he failed to file taxes.
There are recent local examples of people sentenced to or facing prison terms.
One man was sentenced to prison here for not paying taxes on gains from alleged brothels. A woman now faces a prison term for pocketing taxes she held out of employee checks. A tax preparer was sent away for making up fake deductions to impress her clients. And a local man accused of bilking folks out of investment funds went to prison for tax cheating, as well.
of the things you can go to jail for may not be just taxes due but some kind of lie you told, said , an attorney who teaches tax law at the law school. have to take the questions seriously and answer properly. text >Townsend said people may not realize that giving the IRS a false profession, like saying you sell shoes when you really peddle drugs, is a crime. He said it's also a crime to not disclose that you have foreign accounts, a current focus of the IRS in the UBS banking case and others.
He said tax evasion can get you five years in prison and tax perjury can get you three.
Townsend also warned that when the IRS flags a tax preparer as being improper or criminal, all those clients come along for the ride at least for the audit and payment and penalties.
He said the IRS can't look at everyone so they pick some cases to publicize as a way to put fear in all taxpayers.
, special agent in charge of the Houston IRS office, said many cases start with informants, though an internal review that looks for problem patterns such as overuse of a deduction also highlights problems.
Clarke said individuals can get in the federal cross hairs by making false claims, by not filing at all, or by going to questionable preparers who promise bigger returns and who don't have the taxpayer sign the returns.
, convicted not disclosing income from six houses of prostitution,fake van cleef and arpels necklace price, was sentenced in May to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $15,000 restitution.
Jones pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion for failing to inform the IRS of about $665,replica van cleef necklaces,962 in cash.
In an attempt to build a reputation by impressing clients with big tax refunds, Houston area tax preparer submitted false deductions that got her a 27 month federal prison term in December.
Pickens pleaded guilty and has to pay $234,000 to cover the phony breaks given her clients for false charitable gifts, fake education seminars,fake van cleef and arpel necklace, phony uniforms and faux hobby expenses.
was sentenced in November to 20 years after a jury found him guilty of fraud and lying on his taxes by claiming personal expenses such as a $29,000 Rolex watch and gambling as business expenses.
A lawyer and mortgage broker, Murray was sentenced in connection with a scam mortgage investment program.
was sentenced in February to one year and one day in federal prison for tax evasion,van cleef necklaces. He pleaded guilty to not filing or not filing timely for four years.
In his plea deal he admitted to trying to take 30 exemptions for which he was not qualified, and to falsely telling the IRS that his business had declared bankruptcy.
It's tax day, and for some that also means it's tax cheating day.
Everyone's heard of audits and civil penalties, but the very serious folks at the with help from the and the court system also send some taxpayers and accomplices to federal prison. This can include tax preparers, individuals who cheat, folks who fail to file, people in business who don't pay what they should, and criminals who don't pay taxes on their ill gotten gains.
It's happened to the rich, famous and infamous. Hotelier , baseball player , from TV's Survivor and mobster have been to prison for tax crimes. Movie star Wesley Snipe is appealing a prison term on charges he failed to file taxes.
There are recent local examples of people sentenced to or facing prison terms.
One man was sentenced to prison here for not paying taxes on gains from alleged brothels. A woman now faces a prison term for pocketing taxes she held out of employee checks. A tax preparer was sent away for making up fake deductions to impress her clients. And a local man accused of bilking folks out of investment funds went to prison for tax cheating, as well.
of the things you can go to jail for may not be just taxes due but some kind of lie you told, said , an attorney who teaches tax law at the law school. have to take the questions seriously and answer properly. text >Townsend said people may not realize that giving the IRS a false profession, like saying you sell shoes when you really peddle drugs, is a crime. He said it's also a crime to not disclose that you have foreign accounts, a current focus of the IRS in the UBS banking case and others.
He said tax evasion can get you five years in prison and tax perjury can get you three.
Townsend also warned that when the IRS flags a tax preparer as being improper or criminal, all those clients come along for the ride at least for the audit and payment and penalties.
He said the IRS can't look at everyone so they pick some cases to publicize as a way to put fear in all taxpayers.
, special agent in charge of the Houston IRS office, said many cases start with informants, though an internal review that looks for problem patterns such as overuse of a deduction also highlights problems.
Clarke said individuals can get in the federal cross hairs by making false claims, by not filing at all, or by going to questionable preparers who promise bigger returns and who don't have the taxpayer sign the returns.
, convicted not disclosing income from six houses of prostitution,fake van cleef and arpels necklace price, was sentenced in May to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $15,000 restitution.
Jones pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion for failing to inform the IRS of about $665,replica van cleef necklaces,962 in cash.
In an attempt to build a reputation by impressing clients with big tax refunds, Houston area tax preparer submitted false deductions that got her a 27 month federal prison term in December.
Pickens pleaded guilty and has to pay $234,000 to cover the phony breaks given her clients for false charitable gifts, fake education seminars,fake van cleef and arpel necklace, phony uniforms and faux hobby expenses.
was sentenced in November to 20 years after a jury found him guilty of fraud and lying on his taxes by claiming personal expenses such as a $29,000 Rolex watch and gambling as business expenses.
A lawyer and mortgage broker, Murray was sentenced in connection with a scam mortgage investment program.
was sentenced in February to one year and one day in federal prison for tax evasion,van cleef necklaces. He pleaded guilty to not filing or not filing timely for four years.
In his plea deal he admitted to trying to take 30 exemptions for which he was not qualified, and to falsely telling the IRS that his business had declared bankruptcy.
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