I’ve covered Bozo tax preparers before, but since I’m in Las Vegas (to attend the annual CSEA SuperSeminar for continuing education) I’ll look at a resident of Sin City.
Caroline Reyes operated Carol’s Tax Service (also called Central Tax Service). She was probably popular with her clients: She charged low rates and she did more than her best to make sure that her clients got refunds. Unfortunately, her methods for the latter included adding phony deductions and inflating other itemized deductions for her clients. Those are illegal, and it’s called tax fraud. Ms. Reyes pleaded guilty today to 20 counts of tax fraud.
After the IRS started to investigate her, Ms. Reyes sent the IRS false receipts to try to prove her returns were kosher. Instead, she’ll be sentenced later this year and will likely end up visiting ClubFed.