A Virginia tax preparer was sentenced to two years in prison for filing over 400 false returns. The preparer owned At Ease Tax Services, a tax preparation business that was so at ease that she operated it out of hotel rooms, preparing tax returns that claimed fraudulent credits and deductions that inflated her clients’ refunds. She did not sign any of the returns, she didn’t review the completed returns with clients, and she never provided a copy of the return, even when clients asked for one. Early in 2020, her husband was convicted of felony murder. She met him in 2015 while preparing his taxes. (https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-nw-federal-tax-fraud-20200814-mtamqe3h7bbcvpvvknr6t6fmwe-story.html)
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