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  2. Tax evasion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Internal Revenue Code, 26 United States Code section 7201, provides: Sec. 7201. Attempt to evade or defeat tax Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000 ($500,000 ...

  3. Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion Penalties Explained - AOL

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    Failure to file a tax return, false withholding exemptions, delivering or disclosing false tax documents: A maximum sentence of one year in prison and/or fines of $100,000, plus all taxes owed and ...

  4. IRS penalties - Wikipedia

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    Intentional filing of materially false tax returns is a criminal offence. A person convicted of committing tax fraud, or aiding and abetting another in committing tax fraud, may be subject to forfeiture of property [30] and/or jail time. [31] Conviction and sentencing is through the court system.

  5. Leona Helmsley - Wikipedia

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    Leona Roberts Helmsley (born Lena Mindy Rosenthal; July 4, 1920 – August 20, 2007) was an American businesswoman.After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989.

  6. Tax evasion - Wikipedia

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    In the United States of America, Federal tax evasion is defined as the purposeful, illegal attempt to evade the assessment or the payment of a tax imposed by federal law. Conviction of tax evasion may result in fines and imprisonment, [50] such as five years in prison on each count of tax evasion. [51]

  7. Tax noncompliance - Wikipedia

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    The federal tax evasion statute is an example of an exception to the general rule under U.S. law that "ignorance of the law or a mistake of law is no defense to criminal prosecution". [26] Under the Cheek Doctrine ( Cheek v.

  8. Reality TV's Chrisleys sentenced for bank fraud, tax evasion

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    Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced Monday to lengthy prison terms after being convicted earlier this year on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion. U.S. District Judge ...

  9. Tax protester history in the United States - Wikipedia

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    William J. Benson, the co-author of the book The Law that Never Was (in which Benson had argued that the Sixteenth Amendment was not properly ratified), was convicted of tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns in connection with over $100,000 of unreported income, and his conviction was upheld on appeal. He was sentenced to four ...