U.S. Department of Justice

Illinois Tax Preparer Barred From Preparing Federal Tax Returns for Others

Published in Lab Business Week, December 7th, 2008

A federal court has permanently barred Irma Melendez, a former Mundelein, Ill., tax return preparer, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced. Melendez consented to the injunction.

The government complaint alleged that Melendez, who operated a business called "Income Tax Service," prepared more than 2,200 federal income tax returns from 2002 through 2005. According to the complaint, based on the examination of 224 returns, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determined that Melendez inflated employee business expenses, including falsifying business mileage, meals and uniforms as business expenses, and inflated improvements to rental...

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Source: Lab Business Week (2008-12-07)

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