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Sentenced Preparer Taught Tax Fraud

A former tax return preparer, who was based in Gulfport, Miss., has been sentenced to 46 months in prison. Alvin Mays, who was convicted of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false returns,, trained his employees in how to preparer phony returns.

From 2012 through 2017, Mays, operated City Tax Service. He pleade guilty to the charges which the Internal Revenue Service said caused an estimated loss of $900,000 in federal taxes. Besides serving the prison term, Mays must pay $321,605 in restitution to the United States.

The preparers inflated client refunds by claiming false education credits and losses from fictitious business, and then charged clients fees as high as $1,600 per return.

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