TUCSON – A Tucson man, Adan Ramirez, pleaded guilty this week to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of a false tax return.
From April 2012 through March 2015, Ramirez prepared and filed 44 false individual federal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service for clients, according to Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation.
Ramirez was accused of using false and fraudulent claims for false wages, withholdings, dependents, Earned Income Credits (EIC), and Additional Child Tax Credits (ACTC) to obtain false and fraudulent tax refunds.
Ramirez’s false and fraudulent claims resulted in a tax loss of $183,803.00.
According to officials, the false and fraudulent claims that Ramirez willfully filed on the federal income tax returns were filed to increase his client’s federal income tax refund amounts, to reduce their tax liability, and/or so that Ramirez would receive increased fees for income tax preparation. Ramirez intentionally omitted his name, signature, and a tax preparer identification number on the tax returns to conceal his identity as the tax preparer.
Sentencing is scheduled for January 17, 2020. Ramirez agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $100,479.00 to the United States Treasury.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation.