Tracey Brown, Tax Return Preparation Fraud, Tennessee 2016

A Nashville woman has pleaded guilty to assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney David Rivera for the Middle District of Tennessee and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

According to documents filed with the court, Tracey Brown, 48, of Nashville, operated a tax return preparation business, Total Tax Services, from her residence. Brown admitted that from at least January 2006 through December 2010, she routinely filed false tax returns on behalf of her clients in order to increase their refunds, without her clients’ knowledge or permission.

Brown further admitted that on these false returns she claimed a variety of false items, such as false medical expenses, charitable contributions and business losses, with an intended tax loss of approximately $443,605.

Brown is scheduled to be sentenced on December 21, 2016 and faces a statutory maximum sentence of three years in prison, as well as a term of supervised release and monetary penalties.

This case was investigated by special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tom Jaworski and S. Carran Daughtrey and Trial Attorneys Alexander Effendi and Nathan Brooks of the Tax Division are prosecuting the case.

Tracey Brown, 48, of Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Exact criminal charges: assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. City and state: Nashville, Tennessee. Exact date: January 2006 through December 2010. Sentence or outcome: scheduled to be sentenced on December 21, 2016. Dollar amounts: $443,605.

Defendant/respondent REAL full name: Tracey Brown. Exact criminal charges: assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. City and state: Nashville, Tennessee. Exact date: January 2006 through December 2010. Sentence or outcome: scheduled to be sentenced on December 21, 2016. Dollar amounts: $443,605.

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