Sues Fort Worth, Area Tax Preparation Business, Its Owners Wednesday — Justice Department Sues Fort Worth-Area Tax Preparation Business and Its Owners | United States Justice Department.
For individuals whose income is over that threshold, IRS Free File offers electronic federal tax forms that can be filled out and filed online for free. Examples of misconduct by defendants, and those acting at their direction, purported in the complaint include:Falsely claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit;Fabricating businesses and related business income and expenses;Claiming false education credits; Claiming fabricated COVID-19-related tax credits;Fabricating itemized deductions, including for unreimbursed employee business expenses;Failing to conduct the required due diligence when claiming tax credits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit; andFailing to identify the actual
paid preparer of completed tax returns.The Tax Division reminds taxpayers that the IRS has information, tips and reminders on its site for choosing a tax preparer carefully (Choosing a Tax Professional and How to Choose a Tax Return Preparer) and has launched a free directory of credentialed federal tax preparers. Information about these cases is available on the Justice Department’s website. An alphabetical listing of persons enjoined from preparing returns and promoting tax schemes can be found on this page. The lawsuit seeks to bar Amberley Ritter, Wesley Franklin, Mark Burkart, Kenneth Garner, and DFW Integrity Taxpros Services LLC, which does
business as Integrity Tax Pros, from owning or operating a tax preparation business and preparing tax returns for others. If you believe that one of the enjoined persons or businesses may be violating an injunction, please contact the Tax Division with details. The IRS has tips on how seniors and individuals with low to moderate income can get other help or guidance on tax return preparation, too.In the past decade, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has obtained civil injunctions and criminal convictions against hundreds of unscrupulous tax preparers. The complaint also requests that the court require the defendants to disgorge