Historical Tax Facts
-Biblical Israel split into two kingdoms after Solomon’s death in large part because his son, the new king refused to cut taxes. -According to one historian, plane geometry was not invented by Euclid but by ancient tax collectors who wanted to determine land size for harvest taxes. -Newspapers have such large-sized sheets of paper because […]
Controller for Country Club Might Find Herself Living at Club Fed
Julie Ann Lee, of Farmington, MN, was indicted by the U.S. Attorney on four counts of wire fraud and six counts of filing false tax returns. Lee, while working as a controller for the exclusive Town & Country Club in St. Paul from 2008 to 2016, is accused of embezzling more than $1 million. According […]
Dental Partners Extract Their Income on Their Tax Returns
Two dentists practicing in Waukesha, WI, were sentenced to six months in prison, and two years of probation, for cheating on their state business tax returns. According to court documents, the pair had their accountant prepare their returns using handwritten documents and under reported their income in 2009 by $227,656, in 2010 by $247,428 and […]