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October Tax Joke
A nervous taxpayer was unhappily conversing with the IRS auditor who had come to review his records. At one point the auditor exclaimed, "We feel it is a great privilege to be allowed to live and work in the USA. As a citizen you have an obligation to pay taxes, and we expect you to […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 25, 2018New Jersey Man Teaches His “Clients” How to Cheat the IRS
A federal grand jury in Camden, NJ issued an indictment to Kenneth Crawford, Jr, charging him with conspiring to defraud the United States Government by promoting a tax refund scheme, filing false claims and obstructing the internal revenue laws. Crawford and unnamed co-conspirators were charged wit
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 23, 2018Mental Health Company Owners Must Have Lost Their Minds!
Haydn Thomas from Durham, NC, pled guilty in federal court to one count of making a false statement relating to health care matters and one count of tax evasion. His business partner Catinia Farrington also pled guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of tax evasion. Court documents s
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 18, 2018The IRS Catches Restaurant Owner Cooking the Books
Chu Chuk Cheung, owner of a restaurant in Springfield, Illinois, was indicted by a grand jury on 2 counts of tax evasion and 10 counts of structuring bank withdrawals to evade tax reporting requirements. According to the indictment, Cheung, owner of the Osaka Japanese Restaurant, failed to report in
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 16, 2018Strange State Tax Facts
The Rhode Island individual income tax return form features emoticons. A smiley face appears on the “Amount Overpaid” (refund) line, while a frowny face is shown on the “Total Amount Due” line. Nebraska taxes the sale of illegal controlled substances. The state’s law says drug dealers must buy drug
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 11, 2018Alabama Woman Will Receive Jail Time, Not for Embezzling but For Not Reporting it on Her Tax Returns
Alita Baker Edeker, of Valley, AL, pled guilty to 6 counts of wire fraud and 3 counts of filing false tax returns. From February 2007 through May 2014, Edeker directed her company’s client’s payments to her own debit and credit cards she controlled. To conceal her crime from her employer, she made f
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 9, 2018American Flag Manufacturer Will Be Seeing Stars and Wearing Stripes After Indictment
Richard Spencer, of Canton, Ohio was indicted by a federal court of 15 counts for failure to account for, collect and pay employment taxes. Spencer, owner of RS Sewing, which manufactures American flags, was responsible for the company’s financial operations. For W-2 employees, Spencer withheld fede
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 4, 2018Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I owe back taxes and am not sure how to resolve this issue and I’m panicking. What should I do? Answer: If you owe back taxes to the IRS, some amount of panic is understandable. After all, the Internal Revenue Service has the power of the federal government in its corner, something no othe
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 2, 2018Tax Quote of the Month
Life: Coming into the world with nothing, leaving with nothing, and in between, giving everything to the IRS. -Anonymous
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 27, 2018The IRS Breaks Up Phone Scam Ring That Stole Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
After years of investigative work by the Justice Department and other governmental agencies, 21 individuals were sentenced in July, 2018 for defrauding over 15,000 victims from 2012 to 2016 in an elaborate phone scam operation. Indictments were also issued to 32 conspirators located in India. The sc
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 25, 2018Virginia Couple Tries to Outsmart the IRS and Gets Caught
Barry and Joan Edwards, from Concord, VA, who were convicted on one count of filing a fraudulent tax return, and one count of conspiring to structure cash transactions, were sentenced to prison time. Joanne Edwards was previously sentenced in May, 2018 and received a sentence of 18 months in prison
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 20, 2018Presidential Tax Facts
Our modern day-federal income tax system was created by the Revenue Act of 1913, which was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 3, 1913. Social Security numbers were first issued by the Social Security Administration in 1935. The numbers were created to help administer Franklin Roo
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 18, 2018The IRS Will End Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program This Month – Miss Out and You Could Face Jail
The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, which has been in effect since March, 2009, will close September 28th. For those taxpayers who have unreported offshore accounts and assets, the programs offers a chance to pay substantially less in back taxes, interest and penalties and more importantly, t
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 13, 2018Couple Finds the Purrrfect Tax Deduction
A couple operating a family business known as Columbia North East Used Parts, a junkyard, deducted the cost of cat food for a bunch of stray cats as an ordinary and necessary business expense. The junkyard would feed the cats to control the rats and snakes and other rodent issues. The IRS disallowed
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 11, 2018Creator of “Fitwall” Can’t Use His Product to Scale the Fence in Prison
Douglas Brendle, of Cheyenne, WY, pled guilty in federal court on two counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns and one count of making a fraudulent application for health care benefits. Brendle was the owner and operator of Brendle Climbing Systems, LLC which sold the “Fitwall” exe
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 6, 2018Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I was self-employed and haven’t been able to pay my taxes for 3 years. Now I’m a W-2 employee but I’m getting letters from the IRS demanding payment and threatening to garnish my paycheck. What should I do? Answer: The IRS doesn’t like being ignored and they want you to know they won’t go
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 4, 2018Tax Joke of the Month
"Today is April 1, April Fools' Day, a day that people try to fool their friends and relatives. Don't confuse that with April 15, when people try to fool the IRS." –Jay Leno
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 30, 2018Tax Facts from the IRS
The IRS closed almost 3.3 million cases under the Automated Underreporter Program, resulting in nearly $6.7 billion in additional assessments. The IRS assessed more than $12.5 billion in additional taxes for returns not filed timely and collected more than $1.6 billion with delinquent returns. The I
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 28, 2018You’d Think She Would Know Better…Former IRS Special Agent Convicted on Tax Charges
A former special agent for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, Alena Aleykina was convicted by a jury on charges of filing false tax returns, obstruction of justice and stealing government money. In the evidence shown at trial, it was shown that Aleykina, filed six false ta
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 23, 2018Pharmacist Will Need Excedrin after Indictment
Jerry Harper Jr., a pharmacist from Collinsville, VA, was indicted by a grand jury on charges of failing to account and pay for employment taxes to the IRS. Harper owned and operated Family Discount Pharmacy, Inc, which had multiple locations throughout Virginia. As the owner, it was Harper’s respon
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 21, 2018Tennessee Man Tries to Outwit the IRS and Fails
Brian Leo Snow, a resident of Rogersville, TN, was indicted by a federal grand jury, charging him with obstruction of internal revenue laws, filing fraudulent multi-million dollar liens against government employees and filing false claims for tax refunds. According to court documents, it’s alleged t
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 16, 2018Resort Operator Won’t be Working on His Tan in Prison
William Whittington of Scottsdale, AZ, and a former resident of Pagosa Springs, CO, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court of Colorado on charges of filing a false tax return in 2010. Whittington, along with family members, owned the Springs Resort & Spa in Pagosa Springs. From 2010 to 2012, Whittin
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 14, 2018Maybe Things Would Have Gone Better with Coke For this Soda Executive
Michael Lynch, a resident of Newport, RI, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison on charges of tax evasion and fraud. Lynch was a national sales executive for Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc., which is a subsidiary of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. Lynch had previously admitted in court that Seacoast Unlim
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 9, 2018Some of the Worst Tax Cheats in History – Dennis Kozlowski
Dennis Kozlowski, Disgraced CEO Your typical CEO of an American megacorporation isn’t afraid to exhibit the trappings of his or her success. Kozlowski, the former chairman of Tyco International, was no exception, as he paid $14.7 million for 12 paintings — including a Monet, Renoir and Bouguereau —
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 2, 2018Some of the Worst Tax Cheats in History – Reuben Sturman
Reuben Sturman, Pornographer and Businessman At one time the world’s biggest distributor of pornography, the late Sturman endured three decades of legal problems resulting from his shady business dealings. Not only was he subject to numerous raids during an era in which pornography wasn’t quite as m
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 31, 2018Some of the Worst Tax Cheats in History – Edward and Elaine Brown
Edward and Elaine Brown, Dental and Pest Business Owners Ed and Elaine are the Bonnie and Clyde to tax-haters everywhere. Their months-long 2007 standoff in their 110-acre home in New Hampshire, where residents “Live Free or Die,” made national headlines. The incident occurred after the couple was s
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 26, 2018Some of the Worst Tax Cheats in History – Walter Anderson
Walter Anderson, Telecommunications Tycoon The 1990s were a prosperous time for numerous American entrepreneurs, but with many, you wouldn’t even know it. Anderson found creative ways to effectively hide his massive income — $365 million to be exact — using offshore tax havens, drop boxes in the Net
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 24, 2018Showing 541–567 of 825 articles
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