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The assets of NextPoint Financial, parent of chain Liberty Tax, have been sold after approval by a Canadian Court and under Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States.
Liberty and Canadian Community Tax will continue to operate under the ownership of BP Commercial Funding Trust, Series SPL-X
The action was spurred by NextPoint’s disastrous acquisition of LoanMe, which was supposed to be operated in tandem with Liberty as a one-stop consumer operation. NextPoint purchased both LoanMe and Liberty in 2021 but shuttered LoanMe for new loans in July 2023. NextPoint sued AmeriFirst Home Improvement Finance seeking millions of dollars in damage for the alleged failure of AmeriFirst to live up to the terms of a loan servicing contract.
LoanMe, which had continued to service existing loans, will be wound down. NextPoint’s announcement said there would be no assets to distribute to creditors
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Two former tax preparers based in El Cajon, Calif., are accused of filing about 500 false returns. The indictments this month allege Mimi Bozzo, also known as Mini Morrison, and Vincent Bozo, cheated the government out of more than $1.4 million though bogus refunds they sought for clients.
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Eighteen Tax Forum Webinars Available
- Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Tax
- Written by Patrick O'Leary
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QR Codes Added to Balance Due Notices
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AccountingTax.com Now Corvee
AccountingTax.com has rebranded as Corvee. At the same time, the company launched a beta version of its tax planning and client collaboration software.
Accountant Draws 39 Months, Must Pay $8.9M
Richard Gaffey, an accountant in the Panama Papers case, has seen sentenced to 39 months in prison. A resident of Medfield, Mass., Gaffey, age 76, must forfeit $5,353,609, an pay restitution of $3,459,315, along with a $25,000, in a case that involved his role in hiding client assets of American taxpayers through off-shore shell companies.
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.
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The Internal Revenue Service has added six forms for use e-signatures to a list of those for which electronic filing is not available. That brings the total for which it accepts digital signatures temporarily to 16.
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