tax preparer

Taxes October 14, 2026 

Starting a tax preparation firm can feel like walking a tightrope between serving people well and getting every detail right.

Christopher Haymon

Small Business October 2, 2026 

Federal officials said Jawan Simpson, 37, a tax preparer and CPA, defrauded the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program of more than $2 million.

Taxes September 14, 2026 

Carlotta Elaine Lampley, 41, who opened a tax preparation service in Dothan, AL, in 2015, will have three years of supervised release following her 57-month prison sentence.

Taxes September 1, 2026 

A federal judge sentenced Dormeshia A. Haire of Belleville, IL, to three years in prison and ordered her to pay more than $700,000 in restitution after she admitted to filing false tax returns for years.

Taxes August 7, 2026 

Cortez Hollis also owned and operated Hollis Tax Time, a Minnesota tax preparation business prosecutors said was used to prepare false tax returns for clients.

Taxes July 22, 2026 

A federal court sentenced Bianca Cobbins, 43, to nearly four years in federal prison following her involvement in two separate financial fraud schemes.

Taxes July 16, 2026 

Tax preparer Charles Omonzokpia Usigbe and 11 others, accused of conspiring to fraudulently obtain more than $14 million in COVID relief loans, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Nevada, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Taxes July 10, 2026 

A Shelby Township, MI, man who owns First Class Tax and Consulting and two of his employees are accused of conspiring to defraud the United States and preparing false tax returns, according to federal authorities.

Taxes July 2, 2026 

Patricia Jones, 44, of Lamar, MS, who submitted fraudulent tax forms to steal more than $1.4 in pandemic relief funds, was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison this week and ordered to pay full restitution.

Taxes June 29, 2026 

Santeva Speights, who prepared tax returns in Milledgeville, GA, was charged Thursday with two counts of tax fraud after obtaining $28,490 from fraudulent tax filings, according to a federal indictment.

Taxes May 8, 2026 

Roody Metelus, 47, of Broward County, FL, has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a scheme where he submitted hundreds of fraudulent COVID-19 loan applications during the pandemic, amounting to more than $4 million.

Taxes April 30, 2026 

Dormeshia A. Haire, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements on a tax return, one count of wire fraud and three counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false and fraudulent returns.