Benny Aguilar, Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison, Florida 2023

A Highlands County, Florida tax return preparer has been sentenced to prison for filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

According to court documents, Benny Aguilar, 49, of Lake Placid, owned and operated B&A Services, a tax preparation business located in Lake Placid. From approximately 2014 through 2018, Aguilar filed fraudulent returns for his clients seeking refunds to which the clients were not entitled by reporting fictitious residential energy credits and inflating the federal income tax withholdings.

For each of the years 2014 through 2018, Aguilar submitted approximately 2,235 returns claiming residential energy credits. At sentencing, it was uncontested that Aguilar’s submission of fraudulent tax returns resulted in a loss amount to the IRS of $2,988,702.00.

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon also sentenced Aguilar to one year of supervised release and ordered him to pay $92,230.00 in restitution.

IRS-CI Tampa Field Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Diana M. Acosta prosecuted it.

The crime was committed in Miami, Florida. Aguilar will serve 37 months in prison for filing false claims with the IRS.

Benny Aguilar, a 49-year-old tax return preparer, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for filing fraudulent tax returns with the IRS. Aguilar owned and operated B&A Services, a tax preparation business in Lake Placid, Florida. He filed fraudulent returns for his clients from 2014 to 2018, resulting in a loss of $2,988,702.00 to the IRS.

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