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Reliance of Accountant Defense Failed in Tax Case When Evidence Showed Taxpayer Directed Tax Return Preparer as to What Expenses to Claim.

Court Finds Evidence Sufficient to Sustain Tax Conviction in Loss of Income Insurance Policy Scheme

Defendants and one co-defendant were convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas of charges stemming from their tax-fraud conspiracy. Defendants appealed and claimed that their Rule 29 motion due to insufficient evidence should have been granted.

Return Preparer Filing Tax Returns Claiming Frivolous 1099 Original Issue Discount Deductions was Barred from Filing Returns in the Future

Guilty Plea to Tax Violation Results in Consecutive Sentence with Unrelated States Charges.

Court Held Statute of Limitations, for Tax Evasion Charges Based Upon Failure to Pay, Had Expired Since the Indictment Failed to State How the Acts Alleged, that Occurred Within the Statute of Limitations, Were Part of the Concealment. The Convictions Were Reversed.

Tax Return Preparer Found Guilty of Preparing False Returns and Government Was Permitted to Call Witnesses Not Charged in the Indictment Who Defendant Prepared False Returns For.

Defendant, a Tax Attorney, Was Convicted of Suggesting and Carrying out a Scheme to Assist Taxpayers in Avoiding Payment of the Full Amount of Taxes Due on a Litigation Settlement. Eventual Payment of Tax by Taxpayers Did Not Exonerate the Defendant

Hotel Owners and Businessmen Sentenced to 10 Years for Tax Offenses in South Florida.

There were 2,814 taxpayers convicted in 2010 of tax violations.