New Jersey Democrats Block Bill to Halt Taxes on Electricity and Natural Gas During Murphy Energy Crisis
TRENTON, NJ – Democrats in New Jersey, led by Mikie Sherrill and Governor Phil Murphy are now blaming Republicans for high energy prices, but it’s Trenton Democrats who don’t want to provide…
Hazleton Roofing Company Owner Pleads Guilty To Failing To Pay Required Federal Payroll Taxes
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Charles R. Ehrenberg, age 34, owner of Ehrenberg Roofing and Construction, Inc., located in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pleaded…
Disbarred Lawyer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Stealing Injured Clients’ Settlement Money and Cheating on Federal Income Taxes
LOS ANGELES – A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for stealing settlement money from multiple clients, including a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been…
El Paso Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Underreporting Income Taxes
EL PASO – An El Paso man was sentenced today to a total of 12 months of confinement for filing false personal tax returns. According to court documents, Victor Manuel Gonzalez Estrada,…
Former Sun Prairie Electrical Contractor Sentenced to 18 Months for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Kott, 44, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James…
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…
Vice President of Kenwood Keys Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Over Payroll Taxes
United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that, on January 27, 2022, Patrick Souter entered a guilty plea in federal court in Milwaukee to charges that he willfully failed to truthfully account…
Toms River Mayor Hill says don’t panic if you got a letter saying your taxes are going up
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Have you received a letter from a tax assessor who you never met and never saw the inside of your home? Are you worried that your assessment skyrocketed…
Insurance Producer Charged with Failing to Remit $29.5 Million in Payroll Taxes
NEWARK, N.J. – A Suffern, New York, insurance producer was arrested today for failing to pay $29.5 million dollars in payroll and unemployment taxes, and benefit plan fraud, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
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…
South Buffalo pizzeria owner pleads guilty for keeping $300k in employee payroll taxes
BUFFALO – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 40-year-old Jason W. Seefeldt of Buffalo pleaded guilty this morning before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to one count of Grand…
Breaux Bridge Woman Sentenced for Failure to Pay Taxes
LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Joan Chauvin Edgar, 71, of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to 41…
Elon Musk Reveals How Much He Will Pay In Taxes
Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla and the world’s richest man, revealed Sunday approximately how much he would pay in taxes this year. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion…
Owner of three Puyallup tribal smoke shops sentenced to prison for money-laundering scheme to evade state tobacco taxes
Seattle – A 43-year-old owner of three Puyallup tribal smoke shops was sentenced late Friday, December 10, 2021, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 14 months in prison for a sophisticated…
New Jersey senior citizens fleeing state in record numbers due to unaffordable rising property taxes
If taxes are your number one issue, New Jersey’s not the place for you. That’s the message New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy sent during his re-election campaign. Now, tens of thousands of…
Court agrees with AG Wilson and blocks “Tax Mandate” that didn’t allow states to cut taxes
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – A federal judge has agreed with Attorney General Alan Wilson and 12 other states that part of the stimulus plan that prohibits states from cutting taxes is unconstitutional. The…
Hilliard man lies to avoid taxes on $1 million in lottery winnings; pleads guilty to tax fraud
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Mustafa Shalash, of Hillard, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of filing a false tax return with the IRS. Shalash was charged by bill of…
Atlanta restaurateur sentenced for willful failure to remit payroll taxes
ATLANTA – Shanga A. Hankerson, the former owner of the Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced for willful failure to remit payroll taxes. “Hankerson willfully disregarded…
Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Illegal Kickback Scheme and Evading Taxes on Over $33 Million of Income
TRENTON, N.J. – The former co-owner of a Union City, New Jersey, pharmacy was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a scheme to pay bribes to health…
If taxes are your issue, Phil Murphy’s not the governor for you
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy never expected Tuesday’s election to be easy, but he also never expected that he wouldn’t be giving his victory speech at the Asbury Park…
Biden’s latest Build Back Better framework will bring crippling new taxes for all Americans, report
The Democrats’ new “framework” full of crippling tax hikes and spending not only will kill U.S. jobs and drive inflation higher on families, but will also make the U.S. tax rate on…