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April 18, 2023 — Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Patrick Brian Hines to a year and a day in federal prison for the willful evasion of taxes due and owing. The court also ordered Hines to pay $1,927,077.90 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Hines had pleaded on November 2, 2022.

May 31, 2022 — Two Orange County tax preparers were arraigned today on federal charges alleging they participated in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt social worker who stole his clients’ identities to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, welfare benefits and credit cards.

The IRS Online Payment Agreement system lets you apply and receive approval for a payment plan to pay off your balance over time. 

September 18, 2023 — A former Orange County social worker was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison for stealing the Social Security numbers and other personal identifying information (PII) from clients then using the stolen information to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, welfare benefits, and credit cards.

August 21, 2023 — The owner of a Westminster-based tax preparation business was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt social worker who stole his clients’ identities to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, welfare benefits and credit cards.

We are proposing changes in income, credits, and deductions reported on your U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return. We compared your information with items reported to us by banks, businesses and other payers.

This Statutory Notice of Deficiency notifies you of our intent to assess a tax deficiency and of your right to petition the U.S. Tax Court to dispute the proposed adjustments. We made these adjustments because we received information from third parties that doesn’t match the information you reported on your return.

July 20, 2023 — Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Jeffrey Stenstrom, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher to 30 months’ imprisonment for income tax evasion and 78 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit money laundering; these terms of incarceration were ordered to be run concurrently.

IR-2024-72, March 15, 2024 — With a key March 22 deadline rapidly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service renewed calls for businesses to review the Employee Retention Credit guidelines to avoid future compliance action for improper claims.

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