Virginia Return Preparer Indicted for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns

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2017-04-14

A federal grand jury sitting in Roanoke, Virginia, on April 13th, returned an indictment charging a Danville, Virginia resident with filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle for the Western District of Virginia.

According to the indictment, Timothy Harris owned and operated tax return preparation businesses in Danville and Rocky Mount, Virginia. From 2011 through 2014, Harris allegedly filed federal tax returns that claimed bogus business losses to which his clients were not entitled. The indictment charges that after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revoked Harris’s Electronic Filing Identification Number (EFIN) in December 2012, he used another person’s EFIN to file additional tax returns.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt. Individuals charged in indictments are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

If convicted, Harris faces a statutory maximum sentence of three years in prison for each count. He also faces a term of supervised release, restitution and monetary penalties.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

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