A federal judge has barred a North Carolina man from selling two tax fraud schemes, the Justice Department said Thursday.
The permanent injunction order, entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, requires Frank Perkinson of Garner to stop selling "corporation sole" and "claim of right" tax programs.
Court filings said Perkinson falsely advised prospective customers that they could exempt themselves from income tax by transferring their income and assets to a so-called "corporation sole" and then falsely claiming it was a church.
In the "claim of right" program, the government alleged that Perkinson falsely told customers that wages paid for their labor were not subject to income tax.
The government alleged that Perkinson charged customers $2,295 for the corporation sole scam, and $1,095 for the first year of the claim of right package, with additional amounts for later years.
The court's order also requires Perkinson to give the department a list identifying his customers and to mail a copy of the injunction order to customers.
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