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IR-2022-04, January 7, 2022 ¡ª Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) began counting down the top 10 cases for calendar year 2021 on its Twitter account on January 3.

IR-2025-46, April 11, 2025 ¨D The Internal Revenue Service today reminded the 1.1 million people who didn¡¯t file their tax year 2021 federal tax returns that they may be eligible for a refund if they file by the April 15 deadline.

March 12, 2025 ¡ª The operator of a Las Vegas tax return preparation business pleaded guilty today to preparing false income tax returns on behalf of her clients causing at least $550,000 in tax loss.

IR-2022-53, March 8, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) (FS-2022-17) on the 2021 Child Tax Credit and Advance Child Tax Credit Payments.

IR-2021-252, December 20, 2021 ¡ª Victims of this month¡¯s tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Tennessee will have until May 16, 2022, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. This is the same relief already provided to storm victims in Kentucky.

IR-2023-187, Oct. 12, 2023 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today released new tax gap projections for tax years 2020 and 2021 showing the projected gross tax gap increased to $688 billion in tax year 2021, a significant jump from previous estimates.

March 19, 2025 ¡ª A high-volume tax preparer in Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week for sixteen counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent returns, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Keith Altamirano operated Integrity Investments, LLC, doing business as Servicios Latinos. Between 2017 and 2021, Altamirano prepared at least 12,000 tax returns. The grand jury alleges that his false entries on customer tax returns cost the U.S. Treasury more than $5 million in tax loss.

June 29, 2023 ¡ª Godwin Omoregie waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to a federal information that charges him with one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false and fraudulent tax return and one count of filing a false tax return.

June 12, 2024 ¡ª A former IRS employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury for preparing fraudulent tax returns that illegally claimed more than $200,000 in refunds for her clients.

September 6, 2023 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that David Etienne, a Norwich tax return preparer, pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to a tax fraud offense.