Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns

2018-09-25

A resident of Colorado pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado to four counts of filing a false income tax return, on September 20, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

According to court documents, Jason Tammen falsified his income tax returns for tax years 2012, through 2015, by fraudulently inflating his federal and state tax withholdings. By claiming inflated federal and state withholding amounts, Tammen received tax refunds he was not entitled to and avoided paying taxes that he owed.

Sentencing is scheduled for November 29, 2018. Tammen faces a statutory maximum sentence of three years in prison on each count, as well as a term of supervised release, restitution and monetary penalties.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice