Maximum Refund Guarantee Gets Tax Preparer Jail Time Guaranteed

Elizabeth Muñoz, a tax preparer from Portland Oregon, has been charged with preparing and filing more than 1,000 false federal tax returns requesting over three million dollars in fraudulent refunds.

From 2015 to 2018 Muñoz ran a tax preparation business that promised her clients the, “biggest refund guaranteed.” She prepared 1,196 false tax returns for 629 clients and claimed tax credits her clients were not eligible for.

If convicted, Muñoz faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison, three years of supervised release and 6.2 million dollars in fines.