Tax Preparer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison

Doris Kelly, a tax return preparer from Gulfport, MS was sentenced to prison for obstructing the Internal Revenue laws and preparing false tax returns. Kelly would instruct clients who owed money to the IRS to make the checks payable to her rather than the IRS.  She would keep the money for herself which she used […]

Fun Taxpayer Facts

*What Taxpayers Would Rather Be Doing Than Their Taxes: 77% — Laundry 47% — Cook Thanksgiving dinner for their in-laws 43% — Change dirty diapers 35% — Talk to their kids about sex 32% — Fold 100 fitted sheets 23% — Miss a connecting flight 13% — Spend the night in jail 8% — Break […]

Happy Hour is Over for TGI Friday’s Business Manager

Lerma Aquino, the business manager of TGI Friday’s on Guam, was indicted for allegedly under-reporting employee’s tips and service charges and cheating the IRS of money owed to them.   It’s alleged that Aquino avoided paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in employment taxes. Some of the examples in the indictment include:  In the fourth quarter […]