Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Bar Flea Market Tax Preparer From Preparing Federal Tax Returns For Others

(via www.usdoj.gov)

Oh, the hazards of being a flea market tax preparer. Here's a choice excerpt: The complaint says that on a return for one customer-a babysitter-McFarland claimed that the customer purchased 16,451 gallons of gasoline for business-related purposes. The suit notes that for such a claim to be accurate, the babysitter (whose total income for the year was $9,316) would have had to spend approximately $36,192 for gasoline that year-nearly four times her total income-and would had to have driven approximately 246,765 miles during the year, an average of 676 miles each day, seven days a week.

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