Los Angeles County

Ways to Avoid Probate

January 9, 2014

While many people are not sure of what probate is, many assume correctly that it is something that should be avoided under most circumstances.   Probate is the process by which a deceased person’s estate is transferred to the decedent’s beneficiaries.   Probate can be and usually is both an expensive and a time-consuming process.     California attorneys’ […]

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Strip club owner off to jail for tax fraud

February 11, 2013

A suburban strip club owner who didn’t pay taxes on $12 million in cash he stashed away was sentenced Friday to a year in prison followed by six months of home confinement after it was revealed he had provided extensive cooperation to the government. Michael Wellek had been charged with failing to file income tax […]

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Bail bondsmen sentenced for Tax Fraud

February 11, 2013

Milton Tillman Jr. given 51-month prison sentence son sentenced to a year as a part of plea agreement Milton Tillman Jr. and his namesake son, the men behind Four Aces Bail Bonds in Baltimore, were sentenced Friday on federal charges that they defrauded the government of hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes. The […]

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Do you sign Checks or Tax Returns?

February 11, 2013

An Oregon business man was sentenced to Federal Prison in tax evasion case Do you sign Checks or Tax Returns? – YOu can be held liable! On January 29th, 2013, a 66-year old businessman living in Cottage Grove, OR received a one year and one day federal prison sentence after being convicted of filing more […]

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Cash Businesses Audited More Often

February 11, 2013

Why are Cash Businesses Audited More Often? It should be obvious, really, that’s where it is easier to pocket cash while purposefully or —even accidently— overlook reporting all the cash transactions to the state and Federal government. If you are the owner of a “significantly cash” business, or work in one, you are more likely […]

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Paying Employees Under the Table

February 11, 2013

Are You Paying Employees in Cash? – It just cannot end well! Textile business owners plead guilty to tax evasion A couple from Whitehall Township, PA, Michel Kastoun, 44, and his wife, Maha, 47, pleaded guilty to paying their employees in cash, thus allowing the textile company owners to evade payroll taxes of at least […]

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