Crazy Tax Deductions Denied!
“Alternative†medical expenses: A New York lawyer tried to write off over $110,000 he spent on prostitutes, claiming they were part of his medical treatment for osteoarthritis. No, said the IRS, on the basis of prostitution being illegal in his state of New York. Worth noting is that while the IRS from upon deducting (as […]
Waco, Texas Tax Preparer Tries Wacko Scheme
Tax preparer, Janell Lighter, from Waco, TX  pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in federal court. In the indictment and information presented at the hearing it revealed Lighter assisted her co-defendant Stacey Anderson in preparing and filing false tax returns. Anderson operated her business out of her home in Waco. In 2013 […]
Tax Defier Might Be Protesting from Prison
Lawrence Martin Birk, from Colorado, was convicted of tax evasion by a federal jury in Denver, CO after a one-week trial. Birk was the sole owner of Tarryall River Log Homes, LLC, and considered himself a tax defier. For more than 20 years, Birk didn’t pay federal income taxes. It wasn’t until the IRS started […]