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Chicago Tax Preparer Faces Shutdown
A Chicago tax preparer is in the crosshairs of federal authorities after a civil injunction suit was filed to bar him from preparing tax returns. Bruce E. Grant and his business, Quick Check Limited, are accused of falsifying customers’ income on their tax returns to claim the maximum earned income tax credit (EITC).
Grant’s scheme allegedly involved fabricating business income and expenses to reach the ‘sweet spot’ for the EITC, a refundable credit available to certain low-income individuals. The maximum credit in 2010 was $5,666.
According to the complaint, Grant pleaded guilty in 2006 to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, based on allegations that he charged customers a fee for listing a false dependent on their tax returns.
Grant’s business, Quick Check Limited, prepared 2,555 individual income tax returns in 2011, with a staggering 99.5% of them requesting a refund. The complaint alleges that Grant’s Social Security number identified him as the paid preparer on all of these returns.
The government is seeking a permanent injunction to bar Grant from preparing federal tax returns altogether. This move comes as part of the Justice Department’s efforts to crack down on tax-return preparers and tax-fraud promoters.
In the past decade, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has obtained injunctions against hundreds of tax-return preparers and tax-fraud promoters. Information about these cases is available on the Justice Department’s website.
Related Documents: United States v. Bruce E. Grant, etc., Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Relief
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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