JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 37-year-old Jacksonville woman faces up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return
According to the plea agreement, Nicole Johnson was the owner and operator of Financial Asset Tax Service, which offered tax return preparation services.
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For the tax years 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, Johnson prepared returns for individuals in which she falsified the amounts of deductions and tax credits owed to the taxpayers.
As a result, those taxpayers received undeserved tax refunds.
Johnson fraudulently claimed the General Business Credit and False Tax Credit for taxpayers who were not entitled to them, and inflated itemized deductions.
As a result of the false returns prepared by Johnson, the IRS issued more than $1.3 million in undeserved refunds.
Johnson has agreed to repay the IRS that amount in restitution.