Georgia financial service company sued by the U.S. for fraudulent tax preparation scheme
April 16th, 2010 - 11:11 pm ICT by BNO NewsATLANTA, GEORGIA (BNO NEWS) – A financial service company in Georgia is being sued by the United States, prosecutors said Friday.
Saloum A. Njie and his company, MIAAS Associates LLC (MIAAS), have allegedly prepared tax returns containing material misrepresentations of fact, which they knew or should have known were false since at least 2004, as they prepared customers’ tax returns that either claim the earned income tax credit for customers who do not qualify for the credit, or overstate the credit amount to which customers are entitled.
The tax preparation scheme has resulted in more than $1 million in understated federal income tax liabilities for their customers, for returns prepared between 2006 and 2009.
In addition, Njie and MIAAS have allegedly continued this unlawful practice despite three separate investigations by the Internal Revenue Service, each of which found numerous violations of federal tax law and resulted in thousands of dollars in monetary penalties.
Since 2001, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has obtained more than 465 injunctions to stop the promotion of tax fraud schemes and the preparation of fraudulent returns. The lawsuit is asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to permanently bar Njie and MIAAS.
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