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Purvis Man Pleads Guilty to Assisting in the Preparation of False Tax Return

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Purvis man pled guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a materially false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey of the Internal Revenue Service- Criminal Investigation, Atlanta Field Office.

According to court documents, Terance Dewune Price, 41, was identified in an investigation by the IRS as a tax preparer who, on or about February 5, 2018, in Hattiesburg, aided and assisted in, procuring, counseling, and advising in the preparation and presentation to the IRS, of a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040.

Price is scheduled to be sentenced on August 7, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., in Hattiesburg, and faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $100,000 fine.  A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations is investigating this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Jones is prosecuting the case.

Updated April 24, 2023

Topic
Tax