ORLANDO MAN SENTENCED FOR $181 MILLION PAYROLL-TAX FRAUD Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton announces that U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II, today sentenced Frank L. Amodeo (age 48, of Orlando) to 22 years and six months in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud, to…
IRS to seek more regulation of tax preparers The IRS reported that it is working on new rules that will require paid tax preparers to be licensed. This will improve tax compliance and reduce tax preparer fraud; IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman announced that on June 4, 2009. A whopping eighty…
UBS CLIENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURN HID ASSETS WORTH $3 MILLION IN SECRET SWISS BANK ACCOUNT Ft. Lauderdale Yacht Broker Second UBS Client Charged, First to Plead Guilty WASHINGTON – Robert Moran, of Lighthouse Point, Fla., pleaded guilty on criminal information charging him with filing a false…
U.S. JUDGE BARS TWO CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS FROM PREPARING FEDERAL TAX RETURNS FOR OTHERS Father and Daughter Prepared Tax Returns That Falsified and Inflated Deductions for Customers WASHINGTON – A federal district court in Connecticut has permanently barred Wethersfield residents Deowraj Buddhu and his daughter, Sunita Buddhu, from preparing federal tax…
TAX SHELTER PROMOTER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO IMPEDE AND IMPAIR THE IRS WASHINGTON – Anthony G. Merlo, a former resident of Fort Worth, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Merlo appeared…
IRS TAX HELP – First Quarter 2009 Tax Update While the new law tax changes in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 were the most significant developments in the first quarter of 2009, many other tax developments may affect you, your family, and your livelihood. These other key…
IRS unveils 2009 list of notorious tax scams–the “Dirty Dozen” IR 2009-41 Mike Habib, EA Tax Relief & Tax Problem Resolution Services IRS has unveiled its latest list of notorious tax scams, which it calls the “Dirty Dozen,” highlighted by schemes involving phishing, hiding income offshore and false claims for…
Get Tax Relief Today It’s important for you to file your income tax return on time, even if you cannot pay. The IRS does not take delays lightly, so if you already know that you’re going to have a difficult time paying your taxes in full, you want to start…
Tax Court finds regs imposing time limit on request for relief from joint and several liability invalid Lantz, (2009) 132 TC No. 8 Mike Habib, EA Tax Relief & IRS Tax Help The Tax Court has concluded that Reg. § 1.6015-5(b)(1), which provides that a spouse must request relief under…
Recession Offers the Best Opportunity to Obtain Tax Relief American taxpayers are afforded the best IRS tax help in this financial crisis. Pasadena, CA –(PR.com) — The current financial crisis is the best time to get IRS tax help. Just recently, the IRS has announced that it will adopt a…