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Corporate Structure Did Not Protect Lawyer From Payroll Tax Conviction
Sentencing Enhancements in Tax Case Upheld. U.S. v. MCKINNEY, 686 F.3d 432 (7th Cir. 2012)
Written by on in Tax Fraud Report.
Two sentencing enhancements imposed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois were upheld as to a Defendant, who pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud, impede, impair, obstruct, and defeat the functions of the IRS in the collection of income taxes, 18 U.S.C.S. § 371, tax evasion, 26 U.S.C.S. § 7201, and false statements to revenue agents, 18 U.S.C.S. § 1001, concerning his residence and employment.