by Fresh Start Tax | May 28, 2014 | Tax Help
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Bradley Bowman, a resident of Lighthouse Point, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false claim for a tax refund with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida announced today. Bowman was indicted on March 25, 2014.
According to court documents, in 2009, Bowman submitted to the IRS a false individual income false tax return for tax year 2005 that fraudulently claimed a refund of $299,024.
Bowman engaged Penny Jones, who is currently serving a 12 year sentence in a related case, to create this false return.
Bowman attached false Forms 1099-OID to the return which fraudulently claimed that he had income of $447,036, and he also falsely claimed that all of this income was withheld to satisfy his income tax liabilities.
Sentencing is set for Aug. 7, 2014, where Bowman faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison, followed by up to three years of supervised release.
The case was investigated by Special Agents of the IRS-Criminal Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Greg Bailey of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Bertha Mitrani for the Southern District of Florida.
by Fresh Start Tax | May 28, 2014 | Tax Help
Filing Status Question
Question: For head of household filing status, do you have to claim a child as a dependent to qualify?
Answer: In certain circumstances, you do not have to claim the child as a dependent to qualify for head of household filing status; for example, a custodial parent may be able to claim head of household filing status even if he or she released a claim to exemption for the child.
by Fresh Start Tax | May 28, 2014 | Tax Help
Claiming Your College Student
Dependents & Exemptions
Question: If I claim my daughter as a dependent because she is a full-time college student, can she claim her own personal exemption when she files her return?
Answer: If you can claim an exemption for your daughter as a dependent on your income tax return, she cannot claim her own personal exemption on her income tax return.
If an individual is filing his or her own tax return, and the individual can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return, the individual cannot claim his or her own personal exemption.
In this case, your daughter should check the box on her return indicating that someone else can claim her as a dependent.
by Fresh Start Tax | May 28, 2014 | Tax Help
Child Dependency – Does the Court or Federal Law Determine, What You Need to Know
Dependents & Exemptions
Question: Can a court order determine who may claim a dependency exemption for a child?
Does the court order supersede the requirements under Federal tax law?
Answer: Federal tax law determines who may claim a dependency exemption.
A court order cannot determine who may claim a dependency exemption for a child.
A court order cannot supersede the Federal tax law.
by Fresh Start Tax | May 28, 2014 | Tax Help
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