Two Miami-area tax preparers are charged with filing false returns to get large refunds for their clients. The women prepared the fraudulent returns in exchange for fees equal to 30 percent of the tax refunds issued over a four-year period. One of the accused is working without a lawyer, and has filed a 23-page response to her charges in which she challenged the authority of the IRS and the validity of U.S. tax laws and referred to herself as “a living breathing self-aware woman.” (www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/tax-compliance/news/11670243/two-miami-women-face-tax-fraud-charges-3-millionplus-in-bogus-refunds)
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