Bronx Tax Preparer Guilty Of False Returns
Posted on Thursday, 22 of October , 2009 at 8:57 pm
NEW YORK—Bronx tax preparer Rosa N. Rivera has pleaded guilty to preparing a false individual income tax return and to filing a false personal tax return.
According to the Information filed in Manhattan federal court, Rivera owned and operated RNR Tax Service, located in the Bronx, a firm that provided tax return preparation services to clients.
Between 2003 and 2006, Rivera assisted clients in the preparation of false income tax returns that were filed with the IRS. Specifically, Rivera falsified income tax returns for clients by claiming and itemizing Schedule A deductions and expenses — such as charitable contributions, medical and dental expenses, and job-related expenses – that were either fictitious or grossly inflated. Rivera also falsified Schedule E rental property expenses and losses.
Rivera’s scheme to falsify deductions and expenses on her clients’ returns resulted in the reduction of taxable income reported by her clients to the IRS and, thus, fraudulently reduced the payment of income taxes lawfully owed to the U.S. Treasury. By fraudulently reducing the reported tax liability of her clients, Rivera was able to generate more business from prospective clients seeking similar assistance in the preparation of federal income tax returns.
Rivera also pleaded guilty to falsifying her own tax return for the 2005 tax year by failing to report all of the income she earned from her tax return preparation business.
She is scheduled to be sentenced before U.S. District Judge Denny Chin on Jan. 22. On each or the two counts to which she plead guilty, Rivera faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison, a $250,000 fine or twice the gross gain or loss resulting from the crime, and one year of supervised release. 10-22-09
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