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WHAT PART OF 'PERMANENT INJUCTION' DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

March 23, 2005

About this time last year a district court permanently enjoined Robert L. Mosher from engaging in tax preparation and tax practice:

Evidence presented during a court hearing in the case last year showed that Mosher helped customers illegally reduce their reported tax liabilities by selling them sham trusts to hide income. According to the court papers, Mosher also prepared tax returns for customers claiming improper deductions. Court filings also showed that IRS audits of Mosher’s customers yielded an average additional tax bill of over $13,000 per customer per year.

Mr. Mosher may be slow to get the hint:

MICHIGAN TAX PREPARER INDICTED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT

The indictment alleges that after the injunction orders were entered, Mr. Mosher provided tax advice and other tax services for compensation and acted as an income tax return preparer, preparing six tax returns for five different taxpayers. The indictment also alleges that Mr. Mosher falsely told customers he could legally prepare tax returns provided that he did not sign them or his customers copied the returns onto new forms.

Moral: Two more signs of a bad tax preparer:

1. "All the injunction says is I can't sign."

2. "Be sure to copy this in pencil and destroy the original before you file."

Link: Copy of permanent injunction (pdf)

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