Feds Target Local Tax Return Preparer, Seeking to Shut Down Refunds R Us

A federal court has been asked to bar Victorville resident Dennis Giroud from preparing federal tax returns for others, amid allegations of widespread tax return fraud.

The United States has filed a civil injunction suit against Giroud and his business, Refunds R Us, alleging that they prepare fraudulent tax returns for their customers that claim large tax refunds based on a frivolous theory called “redemption” or “commercial redemption,” which has been rejected by numerous courts.

According to the government complaint, Giroud prepares tax returns that claim fraudulent refunds based on fabricated income tax withholding reported on false forms submitted with the returns.

The complaint alleges that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) catches most of the frivolous refund requests before refunds are issued, but that Giroud’s scheme has caused the IRS to issue at least $1.2 million in erroneous refunds to his customers.

Giroud has allegedly sought more than $19 million in fraudulent refunds for more than 100 customers using returns based on the frivolous “redemption” theory and has also allegedly requested more than $1.3 million in bogus refunds for himself.

Filing false tax forms, including false withholding claims, is one of the IRS’s“Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2011.

The Justice Department’s Tax Division has obtained injunctions against hundreds of tax fraud promoters and unscrupulous tax return preparers in the past decade.

Dennis Giroud, of Victorville, Calif., is the respondent in this case. The exact charges against him are filing false tax forms, including false withholding claims.

No exact date for the alleged crime is given, but the complaint alleges that Giroud’s scheme has caused the IRS to issue at least $1.2 million in erroneous refunds to his customers.

The outcome of this case is not yet determined, with a federal court to decide whether to grant the injunction sought by the United States.

Fraudulent tax return schemes like the one allegedly operated by Giroud can have serious consequences for taxpayers, including fines and penalties.

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