Federal Court Shuts Down South Florida Tax Return Preparers and Enters Monetary Judgments in Favor of the United States
On August 9, a federal court in Miami, Florida permanently enjoined Jean-Philippe Boursiquot and Roberton Boursiquot from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The Court also entered judgments against Jean-Philippe Boursiquot and Roberton Boursiquot and in favor of the United States in the amounts of $250,000 and $100,000, respectively, on the United States’ claim for the disgorgement of ill-gotten fees they charged customers for the preparation of federal tax returns. The Boursiquots consented to the injunction order and money judgments. In May 2018, the Court also entered an injunction order against B&C Royalty Multi-Services, Inc., which operated in Oakland Park, Florida, and RBS Flamboyant Solutions, Inc., which operated in Hollywood, Florida, prohibiting both corporations from preparing federal income tax returns for others.
The complaint alleges that Jean-Philippe Boursiquot, Roberton Boursiquot, and their corporations, B&C Royalty Multi-Services, Inc. and RBS Flamboyant Solutions, Inc., continually claimed education credits for taxpayers who did not incur qualifying expenses. The complaint also alleges that they fabricated business income or expenses in order to qualify for the earned income credit.
It is further alleged that the Boursiquots and their corporations charged their customers exorbitant fees without the customers’ knowledge and quoted refunds to customers that were substantially smaller than the refunds requested on the returns filed with the IRS. They would then allegedly pocket the excess as preparation fees, often without the customers’ knowledge according to the complaint.
Source: U.S.
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