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Jessica Leverett, Tax Return Preparer Scams, Alabama 2023
A federal court in Birmingham has permanently barred a local tax return preparer from preparing federal income tax returns for others after the United States filed a lawsuit against her.
Jessica Leverett, who owns and operates several tax return preparation businesses in Birmingham, including Tax Money Now, Dynamic Tax Services, Dynamic Tax Solutions, and Express Money Tax, was accused of continually and repeatedly preparing federal income tax returns that understated her clients’ liabilities or overstated their refunds.
The civil complaint, filed in April, alleged that Leverett’s businesses prepared returns that fabricate Schedule C businesses and business losses to offset their customers’ taxable income from other sources or to increase the customers’ Earned Income Tax Credit.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examined 264 returns prepared by Leverett’s businesses and found that 206 understated the customer’s tax due, the complaint alleges. Altogether, Leverett’s activities may have caused the United States to lose over $2.5 million in understated taxes and/or fraudulent refunds, according to the complaint.
Leverett did not file a response challenging the government’s allegations. The court has ordered her to give the United States a list of her customers since 2014.
Return preparer fraud is one of the IRS’s Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2016. The IRS has some tips on their website for choosing a tax preparer, and has launched a free directory of federal tax preparers.
‘Jessica Leverett’, ‘Prepared and Filed False Tax Returns’, ‘Birmingham, Alabama’, ‘April 2023’, ‘Permanently barred from preparing tax returns for others’, ‘0 years in prison’, ‘$2.5 million in understated taxes and/or fraudulent refunds’
Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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