Tax Preparer Jackson Hewitt in Hot Water
Well, you know how some of those tax preparation companies promise to find you every nickel and dime you are “owed” from the government? This new lawsuit, and an apparent recent crackdown by the IRS on tax evasion, tax fraud, and understatment of income as well as other tax evasion techniques, may make you think twice about bending the rules, even if you think it it harmless or can somehow be justified.
Several Jackson Hewitt offices were shut down in the wake of an IRS investigation into questionable practices, including looking past false documents such as falsified W2’s and other false documents that inflate returns or make them plain old fraudulent. The firm is actually the second largest preparer of federal and state taxes for people here in the United States, so this comes as quite a blow, and also as a perceived victory for the IRS, who I’m sure is glad they’ve sort of “set an example” that they can’t be messed with.
They say that the deceptive and downright allegedly fraudulent practices of the tax prep firm costs the government and other taxpayers about 70 million dollars (no chump change). How are you coming on your taxes? Tax deadline’s comin’ up unfortunately - hopefully you’re getting something back and dont’ forget to claim mortgage interest and property taxes if you can! Or if not, I hope it’s not too big a bill to bear 
