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A Navy civilian employee accepted premier sporting-event tickets, expensive meals, family employment, and recurring cash while steering federal contracts. Jason Carr examines the procurement records, concealed metadata, false tax returns, and six-year prison sentence. (more…)
What Operators Need to Know About 280E, COGS, Cash, and Audit Risk A state cannabis license does not make federal tax treatment simple. Cannabis operators face overlapping federal, state, and local rules. These rules affect…
Former CPA Michael J. Moore sold a “Special Tax Shelter Strategy” through a Las Vegas firm specializing in adult-entertainment clients. After pleading guilty, he concealed his identity and resumed filing false returns. (more…)
How to Survive an Audit An IRS audit notice can feel overwhelming, but most audits are routine reviews of specific items on a specific return. Being selected does not mean the IRS believes you did…
In Episode 21 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the case of Eric Brian Rosenberg, a Mississippi publisher and former congressional candidate who used a technique called “check churning” to keep the IRS from…
In Episode 20 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the case of Ann Quach, a Ventura County tax preparer who fabricated entire businesses on 1,734 client returns over thirteen years, generating millions in false…
In Episode 19 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the case of Justin Ryan Schmidt, a crypto hedge fund manager who renounced his U.S. citizenship, hid millions in foreign accounts, lied on his expatriation…
A Seattle real estate owner worth an estimated $43 million routed $4.7 million of rental income through two shell companies that had been inactive since 1999, kept it off his returns, and hid it from…
In Episode 17 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the Regina Durkin case, involving fourteen fraudulent refund claims seeking more than $7.7 million from the IRS. The case centers on pandemic-era employment tax credits…
In Episode 16 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the Queen Naja case, involving a fake trust refund scheme, a $1,010,561.26 Treasury check, more than $2 million in restitution, and an attempted additional loss…