Tax fraud is a serious charge and if you are being investigated, you need a professional tax fraud in Miami attorney.
Keep reading to see tax lawyer, Rolando Casais Jr., explain what tax fraud is and how you can avoid it.
What Is Tax Fraud in Miami?
Tax fraud occurs when a business or individual willfully and intentionally provides false information on their tax return in order to reduce their federal tax obligations. In other words, tax fraud is cheating and/or lying on your tax return in order to eliminate or substantially reduce the amount of tax you are required to pay.
This is usually done in one of two ways:
- By understating your income, or
- Overstating your expenses
Both of these instances will result in an incorrect calculation of taxable income and therefore an incorrect calculation of tax due.
For example, if a business owner were to purposefully state on their tax return that their insurance expense, rent expense, costs of goods, materials expense, supplies expense, wage expense, etc., is more than what they actually paid, this would result in a decreased taxable income and decreased tax due. This business owner would have committed tax fraud.
What is the Penalty for Tax Fraud in Miami?
Tax fraud carries a hefty 75% penalty, may be criminal in nature, and may carry a 5-year federal prison sentence for each count. You may even be facing thousands of dollars in fines. These penalties are severe and are best left in the hands of an experienced firm.
Casais & Prias has worked on tax-related cases for over ten years and knows what it takes to effectively manage accusations of tax fraud in Miami.
Rolando Casais Jr. is one of the leading attorneys at our firm. He focuses in tax law and even has experience working as an agent for IRS. This knowledge shines through on the cases he works on and will help you to get a better grasp of how to handle your tax fraud case.
It is important to note that a mistake on your tax return is not tax fraud. For example, if a bookkeeper were to accidentally transpose numbers while entering them in the books, which results in a reduced calculation of taxable income and tax, this would be a mistake and is not tax fraud. However, a mistake is subject to a 20% accuracy-related penalty.
Contact Casias & Prias, PLLC.
If you are being audited by the IRS, or if you are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice on suspicions of tax fraud, or if you have been indicted on allegations of tax fraud, be sure to contact the Law Office of Casais and Prias. We can help you develop a legal defense and reduce your exposure and liability for tax fraud in Miami.
