Harris Parrots Trump’s No Tax on Tips Policy After Supporting IRS Shakedown of Hospitality Industry a Year Ago
In a surprising twist, Vice President Kamala Harris recently pledged to eliminate taxes on tips for service workers—a stance that mirrors a proposal former President Donald Trump introduced months earlier. This move…
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty To Submitting More Than $2.9 Billion In False Tax Claims To The IRS
Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that David O. Isagba today pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of conspiring to defraud the United States…
Hammond Tax Preparer Charged With Filing False IRS Returns and Making False Statements to IRS and to Department of Education
NEW ORLEANS – KENISHA R. CALLAHAN, age 44, and a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was charged by bill of information on March 25, 2022, by the U.S. Attorney for filing a false…
Former IRS Employee Arrested for Assisting in Preparation of False Tax Returns, Identity Theft
Cincinnati – Frederick Louis, 57, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was indicted on 16 counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, 4 counts of wire fraud, and 4 counts…
IRS Seeks To Hire 10,000 More Workers To Relieve Backlog
IRS Seeks To Hire 10,000 More Workers To Relieve Backlog Harry Wilmerding on March 11, 2022 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a plan Thursday to hire 10,000 workers to reduce a…
U.S. IRS plans 10,000 hires to help clear millions of unprocessed tax returns
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service plans to launch job fairs and other efforts to hire 10,000 new employees over the next several months to help clear millions of unprocessed tax returns,…
Couple Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud And Conspiracy To Impede And Defraud The IRS
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Guillermo Inamagua (56, Davenport) and Mayra Velasquez (34, Apopka) have pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud…
Owner of Cititax Tax Refund Stores Admits Defrauding the IRS out of $7.2 Million
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Carpentersville, Illinois, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of Aiding or Assisting in the Preparation or Filing of False Federal Income Tax Returns, United States Attorney Cindy…
Florida man sentenced for filing fraudulent tax returns with the IRS
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Windsor Nycklass, of West Park, Florida, was sentenced today to 36 months of incarceration for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Nycklass,…
IRS Decides It Won’t Make You Take A Selfie To Access Your Taxes After Fierce Backlash
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will no longer force taxpayers to submit a scan of their face to access their taxes online. The agency had previously announced plans to require users to…
U.S. IRS to stop facial recognition for new online account authentication
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Internal Revenue Service will stop using facial recognition to help authenticate people creating new online accounts, the federal tax agency said on Monday, in a move aimed at placating…
United States Attorney’s Office and IRS Issue Tips For Avoiding Tax Season Fraud
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON – Each year, taxpayers’ personal information is compromised through phishing scams or by unscrupulous tax preparers. With tax season kicking off on January 24, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and IRS…
The IRS Will Make You Scan Your Face To Access Your Taxes Online
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will soon require taxpayers to submit a scan of their face in order to access certain features and tax records. The change, first reported on by Krebs on…
North Carolina Return Preparers Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the IRS
Greensboro, N.C. – Two Durham, North Carolina, tax preparers have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with a scheme that involved preparing and filing false tax returns.…
IRS reminds drug dealers, looters, thieves and burglars to report illegal gains on 2021 tax return
With the increase in looting, smash and grabs, and shoplifting across America, the IRS is reminding thieves and burglars that they must legally report their ill-gotten gains on their tax returns. In…
Hampton man pleads guilty to seeking fraudulent IRS COVID relief
ATLANTA – Robert Ward, who filed a false Form 7200 with the IRS, has pleaded guilty to a charge of filing a false claim with the United States. “Unfortunately, criminals continue to…
New Hampshire Man Sentenced To 12 Months And One Day Imprisonment For Conspiring To Defraud The IRS
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Judkins, age 46, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in…
North Carolina Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding IRS
A North Carolina tax return preparer was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2012 through…
21 House Democrats Call For IRS Reporting Proposal To Be Scrapped
A group of House Democrats on Wednesday called for a tax reporting proposal included in the Build Back Better Act to be scrapped, citing concerns over privacy. “Americans expect their bank or…
Manchin Squashes Democrats’ IRS Bank Account Reporting Proposal
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday came out against an IRS bank-monitoring proposal, predicting that the provision would ultimately be omitted from his party’s spending package. “I think that one’s…
WSJ Editorial Board: Democratic Proposal Will Let The IRS Snoop On Your Bank Account
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board said that a Democratic effort to crack down on tax cheating would give the Treasury Department access to almost every American’s bank account. The Thursday op-ed focused…
AG Wilson, coalition voice opposition to Biden administration’s potentially illegal and overly burdensome IRS proposal
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – In a letter to President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Attorney General Alan Wilson, along with 19 other state attorneys general, voiced opposition to the administration advocating…
South Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison Term for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns, Costing IRS Almost $3 Million
Miami, Florida – A Highlands County, Florida tax return preparer was sentenced yesterday to 37 months imprisonment for filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Benny Aguilar, 49, of…
South Florida Phony IRS Tax Debt Negotiator Headed to Federal Prison
Miami, Florida – A Vero Beach woman who stole money from clients she was supposed to be helping resolve federal tax debt was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Miami to 63…
IRS extends 2021 tax deadline to May 15th
WASHINGTON, DC – The IRS has extended the tax filing deadline by 30 days. This only applies to federal tax returns. State returns are dictated by each state and you should check…
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