| You're Under Arrest. You think you can get away. But | | | | Not listing entire sources of income |
| you can't. The IRS Hitmen are trained to recognize | | | | Overstating deductions by a huge margin |
| Tax Cheater's patterns. They can see the trail of lies | | | | Huge amounts of "personal expenditure" deducted as |
| and follow it straight to you. Maybe you underreported | | | | business expenses |
| your income, maybe you made a false claim, or | | | | Keeping two sets of books or no books at all |
| maybe you just made a simple mistake. It's still against | | | | Taxpayer transferring all of their property |
| the law. And you can go to jail. | | | | Taxpayer has a close relationship with all parties who |
| Biggest Cheaters: Most people who commit Tax | | | | received the transfer |
| Fraud are middle-income. The worst offenders work in | | | | Do The Crime pay the time. Jail time for Tax Fraud is |
| the service industry. For example, most underreporting | | | | rare. But the older the case is, the higher your chances |
| of income is by restaurateurs, clothing store owners, | | | | of going to jail become. Tax Evasion caries the |
| car dealers, telemarketers, salespeople, doctors, | | | | punishment of five years. Filing false statements can |
| lawyers, accountants, and hairdressers. | | | | land you in jail for three years. In both cases, you can |
| 3 Common Methods: The 3 common ways people | | | | also be fined up to $250,000. In addition, you'll have to |
| commit fraud. | | | | pay the court costs. Fraud doesn't pay! |
| Underreporting: Yes, underreporting is a crime! This is | | | | Watch out! Maybe your friends or family told you it's |
| listing your income as less than it actually was. | | | | "Okay" to make false claims or underreport your |
| False Claims: Usually, people claim a spouse or children | | | | income. Don't take bad advice. Look at the facts. The |
| that they don't have. | | | | IRS uses people called "Special Agents" to check for |
| Innocent Mistakes: If you make an honest mistake on | | | | Tax Fraud. They work in the IRS Criminal Investigations |
| your IRS paperwork you usually won't be penalized. | | | | Division (CID). They're highly trained detectives, they |
| "Badges of Fraud" IRS Auditors are trained to spot | | | | even have badges and guns! If you think you can get |
| these common signs of Tax Fraud. | | | | away with committing Fraud, think again. |