In 2009 Edwin Rubenstein introduced his new report, “The
Earned Income Tax credit and Illegal Immigration: A Study in Fraud, Abuse, and
Liberal Activism.” The
report documents how abuse is rampant in the collection of fraudulent
income tax refunds from the IRS, especially by illegal aliens.
And on Tuesday July 16, 2019 comes this press release from
the U.S.
Department of Justice:
“A federal court in Miami, Florida permanently barred
Georgina Gonzalez and Georgina Gonzalez LLC, Ideal Tax Pros LLC, and Trinity
Tax Service LLC, from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or
operating a tax preparation business, the Justice Department announced today.
The court also ordered that Gonzalez and Trinity Tax Service LLC disgorge
$48,214.30, representing the ill-gotten gains that they received for the
preparation of tax returns making false claims.
The government’s complaint alleged that the defendants
prepared tax returns that included fraudulent claims for the Earned Income Tax
Credit (EITC) based on fabricated income or business expenses. The complaint
further alleged that defendants prepared returns for some customers that
reported bogus “Household Help” work income, and returns claiming phony
business loss deduction so as to falsely maximize their customers’ claim to the
EITC. The complaint also alleged that defendants falsely claimed education
credits on the tax returns of customers who did not attend college and had no
qualifying educational expenses (read
the rest here)”
