Mississippi Business Journal » income tax http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Two-dozen former IRS workers charged with theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:54:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73514 SOUTHAVEN — Twenty-four current and former Internal Revenue Service employees have been charged with stealing government benefits, federal prosecutors said today. The IRS employees were indicted on charges that they illegally received more than $250,000 in benefits including unemployment insurance payments, food stamps, welfare, and housing vouchers, the U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis said in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft/feed/ 1 Feds wants tax company shut down for multi-state offenses http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/11/feds-wants-tax-company-shut-down-for-multi-state-offenses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feds-wants-tax-company-shut-down-for-multi-state-offenses http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/11/feds-wants-tax-company-shut-down-for-multi-state-offenses/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:54:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73047 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors are seeking to shut down a Memphis-based company on claims it prepared false tax returns in at least three states. The Department of Justice said it is suing Mo Money Taxes and requesting an injunction to stop it from serving as a federal tax preparer. Mo Money Taxes was criticized [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/11/feds-wants-tax-company-shut-down-for-multi-state-offenses/feed/ 0 Former tax service owner’s conviction upheld http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/20/former-tax-service-owners-conviction-upheld/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-tax-service-owners-conviction-upheld http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/20/former-tax-service-owners-conviction-upheld/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:51:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65599 HOLLANDALE — The conviction of the owner of a Mississippi income tax service has been upheld by a federal appeals court. Mary Wesley of Hollandale was convicted in 2011 of filing doctored tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay $5.5 million. Wesley was [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/20/former-tax-service-owners-conviction-upheld/feed/ 0 Lawmakers pass new income tax credit legislation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/01/lawmakers-pass-new-income-tax-credit-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawmakers-pass-new-income-tax-credit-legislation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/01/lawmakers-pass-new-income-tax-credit-legislation/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:32:50 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56548 JACKSON — A bill to give businesses a larger income tax credit when they pay inventory taxes is headed to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. The final version of Senate Bill 2934 passed the Senate yesterday, two days after clearing the House. The bill would increase the tax credit in phases. First, it would double the [...]

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