We’re a few months removed from income tax season and its usually around this time of the year that we start to hear stories of folks trying to find ways to cheat the IRS and unsuspecting tax payers out of money through various scams. The IRS has a list of scams called “The Dirty Dozen Tax Scams” and a Longview tax service is accused of engaging in one of those scams and they are taking them to court for it.
According to a press release from the Justice Department, The United States filed a civil injunction suit to permanently bar Jason Elias Briley; the owner of Elite Tax Solutions and seven other tax preparers: Roxann Ladawn Johnson fka Roxann Ladawn Ellis; Alexander McKenzie; Courtney Jones; Derek Brooks; Deanna McKenzie; Erbia Lewis and Patrick McKenzie from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The lawsuit also requests that the court require the defendants to disgorge or pay back the fees they obtained by preparing false and fraudulent tax returns.
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According to the feds, these tax return preparers prepared more than 1,300 returns in 2021 and over 3,100 returns in 2022 and that Briley and the others allegedly prepared returns that falsely claimed over $53 million in credits and refunds intended to provide COVID-19 related relief for self-employed individuals.
The IRS “Dirty Dozen Tax Scams” that you need to look out for according to their website are:
- FAKE CHARITIES: Criminals frequently exploit natural disasters and other…
