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| Cell Block Tax Prep? Inmate Re-Arrested Doing Phony Returns |
| By forbes.com- Robert W. Wood |
| Published: 04/14/2014 |
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Who is doing your taxes? Amid a court fight between the IRS and tax preparers over regulating that profession, it’s an interesting time. But whoever is doing yours, let’s hope he or she is not doing your taxes from lock-up. Two years ago some Prison inmates registed with the IRS as tax preparers. It has long been true that some tax return preparers are seasonal workers handling the April 15 crush. But prisoners? It might surprise you to know how many prisoners—some serving life—have been registered as return preparers with the IRS. Two years ago, a study by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration—a.k.a TIGTA—said over 300 prisoners registered, 43 serving life. See More Tax Return Preparers Are Filing Electronically, but Better Controls Are Needed. But that was then. The shop run by Kavin Santos, also known as Steven Augustine, was even better. Well, while it lasted, that is. He is in jail but was rearrested for allegedly filing hundreds of tax-credit applications, using phony and stolen Social Security numbers to systematically scam New York State. See Inmate accused of filing 387 tax-credit forms before state caught on. Read More. |
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