佛罗里达注册会计师Ronald St. Clair逃避缴纳逾220万美元税款获刑18个月：另须退赔234万美元
美国司法部10月26日宣布，佛罗里达州注册会计师Ronald St. Clair当天被判处18个月监禁，罪名是逃避缴纳超过220万美元的个人所得税，并被责令向联邦税务局退赔2,343,615.01美元，案件是司法部「全国税务欺诈执法行动」系列案件之一。
法庭文件显示，St. Clair拖欠2011年至2017年税年的所得税。2020年，在联邦税务局通知拟对其资产实施征税后，他出售了一处房产，将售房款转入以第三人名义开设的银行账户，并指示把资金用于个人和生意开支，同时在向税务局申请分期缴税计划时隐瞒这笔资产。多年来，他以他人名义隐匿收入和资产、把房产放在公司名下而非本人名下，并使用层层嵌套的公司实体掩盖资金流向。
St. Clair此前已就一项逃税罪名认罪。司法部刑事司代理助理部长科林·麦克唐纳与佛罗里达中区联邦检察官格雷戈里·基奥宣布了判决结果，此案由联邦税务局刑事调查局侦办。
来源：GSM·美国
Florida CPA Ronald St. Clair Sentenced to 18 Months for Evading More Than $2.2 Million in Taxes, Ordered to Pay $2.34 Million in Restitution
The Justice Department announced on October 26 that Ronald St. Clair, a Florida certified public accountant, was sentenced that day to 18 months in prison for evading payment of more than $2.2 million in income taxes and was ordered to pay $2,343,615.01 in restitution to the IRS; the case is part of the department's National Tax Fraud Enforcement Surge.
According to court documents, St. Clair owed income taxes for the 2011 through 2017 tax years. In 2020, after the IRS notified him of its intent to levy his assets, he sold real property, transferred the proceeds into a bank account held in a third party's name, and directed that the money be used for personal and business expenses, while concealing the funds as he sought an IRS payment plan. Over the years he hid income and assets in other people's names, held properties in business names rather than his own, and used layered business entities to obscure the flow of funds.
St. Clair had previously pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald and U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida; IRS Criminal Investigation investigated the case.
Source: GSM News.
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