Kansas City Flooring Store Owner Sentenced for Tax Evasion
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — The owner of a flooring store in the Kansas City area was sentenced today to a year on federal probation for tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
Randall Barker, 50, owner of Wholesale Flooring, Inc., in Stilwell, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. In his plea, he admitted he failed to report the full amount of income from his business in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
‘I commend the Internal Revenue Service and Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Smith for their work on the case,’ McAllister said in a statement. ‘Tax evasion undermines the integrity of our tax system and puts honest taxpayers at a disadvantage.’
According to the plea agreement, Barker admitted he took direct payments from customers, removed cash from business deposits and altered invoices to show less income for the business.
As a result of his scheme, Barker did not report the full amount of income from his business, resulting in a loss to the IRS of $101,014.
Barker was sentenced to one year of federal probation and ordered to pay $101,014 in restitution, which represents the amount of back taxes, interest and penalties owed to the IRS.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Smith.
Key Facts
- State: Kansas
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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