Date: June 17, 2020 Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment today charging a Las Vegas dentist with failing to pay over payroll taxes, file a tax return, and pay income taxes, announced Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS-Criminal Investigation. According to the indictment, Timothy Wilson owned and operated Starsmiles Children's Dentistry, LLC (Starsmiles), located in North Las Vegas, Nevada. From 2013 through 2014, Wilson withheld payroll taxes from his employees, but allegedly did not pay more than $85,000 in withheld taxes over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Wilson also allegedly did not file a tax return for 2014 and did not pay more than $100,000 in taxes that he owed for 2013 through 2018. If convicted, Wilson faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for each count of failure to pay over payroll taxes and one year in prison for each count of failure to file a tax returns or pay taxes. Wilson also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties. An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The investigation was conducted by special agents of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation. Trial Attorneys Valerie Preiss and J. Patrick Burns of the Tax Division, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Levitt, are prosecuting this case.
