A 70-year-old man formerly of Quincy was convicted for five counts of tax evasion as well as stealing funds from a federal housing assistance program. The man was also convicted of two counts of conspiracy and two counts of making false statements. The tax evasion...
Month: March 2013
Massachusetts man sentenced for tax evasion
A judge in New York ordered an 83-year-old Massachusetts man to pay a large civil penalty after he was found guilty of tax evasion. He is said to have hidden $5.7 million from the Internal Revenue Service. According to authorities, the man had spent several years of...
Massachusetts lawyer sentenced to prison time for tax evasion
A lawyer from Colrain received a sentence that includes time in federal prison for his conviction of a tax crime. Formerly, he practiced in Greenfield but has since had his legal license suspended. The man received a six-month prison sentence for his tax evasion...
IRS orders information about foreign bank accounts
Massachusetts residents who possess offshore accounts would do well to follow an ongoing case in which a U.S. District Court judge most recently instructed five unidentified individuals to reveal confidential information about their finances. The judge ordered these...
Don’t plan on getting to talk to the IRS this tax season
While the IRS is typically difficult to reach immediately after Presidents' Day because many Massachusetts residents have either filed their taxes by this time or they may be peppering the agency with questions regarding tax returns, the late start of the 2013 tax...