A federal court docket within the Northern District of Illinois has completely enjoined Sir Michael Joseph Davenport, a tax preparer from Joliet, Illinois, and his firm, My Unity Tax Monetary & Tax Preparation LLC (My Unity Tax), from getting ready federal tax returns for others.
Davenport can also be barred from proudly owning or working any tax return preparation companies sooner or later. The everlasting injunction was agreed to by Davenport and his enterprise.
The civil criticism filed on this case alleges that Davenport and My Unity Tax ready false and fraudulent federal tax returns with the intent to cut back clients’ tax liabilities or acquire undeserved tax refunds. The criticism claims that Davenport and his firm frequently reported fictitious companies, minimal or no revenue, and fabricated or manipulated bills on clients’ tax returns to fraudulently scale back taxable revenue. In line with the criticism, many of those companies didn’t exist.
Moreover, the criticism alleges that Davenport, regardless of holding a Preparer Tax Identification Quantity (PTIN) issued by the IRS, acted as a “ghost preparer.” This implies he didn’t signal the shoppers’ tax returns, nor did he determine himself because the paid preparer by together with his PTIN on the returns he ready for paying clients. Moreover, the US alleged that Davenport and My Unity Tax used software program meant for private, not skilled, use to organize purchasers’ tax returns, making it seem as if the shoppers had filed the returns themselves.
Deputy Assistant Lawyer Basic David A. Hubbert of the Justice Division’s Tax Division made the announcement.
