Luvander Hollaway, a tax preparer from Newark, New Jersey, faces serious allegations of tax evasion and deceit, as revealed in a recent federal lawsuit.
According to the complaint, Hollaway, a tax preparer from Newark, New Jersey, fails to comply with due-diligence requirements imposed by federal law on tax preparers who claim the earned income tax credit (EITC) on their customers’ returns.
The complaint alleges that Hollaway also falsifies reported income and lists fake dependents on his customers’ returns in order to claim the maximum EITC for them.
For example, the complaint alleges that, on one customer’s tax return, Hollaway claimed three purported dependents: two grandchildren and a brother. But according to the complaint, Hollaway knew that the listed individuals were not the customer’s grandchildren and that the customer had paid for other persons’ Social Security numbers to use in falsely claiming the supposed grandchildren as dependents.
The complaint also alleges that the person listed on the return as a brother was actually the customer’s fiancé, who could not be claimed as a dependent.
As a result of these alleged actions, the government now seeks to bar Hollaway permanently from preparing federal tax returns for others.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) listed return-preparer fraud as one of its “Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2011. In the past decade, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has obtained injunctions against hundreds of tax return preparers and tax fraud promoters.
Luvander Hollaway, a tax preparer from Newark, New Jersey, faces serious allegations of tax evasion and deceit. Defendant Name: Luvander Hollaway.
Criminal Charges: Fails to comply with due-diligence requirements imposed by federal law on tax preparers who claim the earned income tax credit (EITC) on their customers’ returns. Falsifies reported income and lists fake dependents on his customers’ returns.
City and State: Newark, New Jersey.
Exact Date: 2023.
Sentence or Outcome: The government now seeks to bar Hollaway permanently from preparing federal tax returns for others.
Dollar Amounts: No dollar amounts were mentioned in the source.
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- Sato Satka, Bank Fraud, New Jersey 2024 · Illinois
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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