December 30, 2016

An El Cajon, California tax return preparer pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, to three counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return, announced the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to documents filed with the court, Marla Cunningham, 50, of San Diego, California, owned and operated Cunningham’s Tax Service, a tax preparation business in El Cajon, California. Cunningham admitted that she prepared false individual income tax returns for her clients for tax years 2008 through 2010 that included false charitable deductions, unreimbursed employee expenses, education credits, medical and dental expenses and business expenses. Cunningham agreed that she caused a loss of more than $1.2 million. DOJ

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