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Chapter 15

Am I Going to Jail?

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I am often asked by clients and taxpayers – Am I going to jail?

The answer is - Maybe.

The most common types of tax evasion I see are:

1. Intentional failure to report all of the income earned/received.
2. Intentional overstatement of expenses and deductions.

3. Intentional failure to file tax returns and to report the taxes due.

Generally speaking, the IRS does not pursue all of these criminally to put taxpayers in prison for
criminal tax evasion cases.

However, in order to reach a resolution on any of these cases, you need to address the underlying issue

of tax evasion first, before you can move the case forward to reach a civil resolution and agreement with
the IRS.

This is an important question and the answer is equally important. I’m not going to beat around the
bush or give you a long drawn out confusing answer.

Instead, I will keep this chapter short by saying this:

Yes – others have gone to jail – and you could potentially go to jail for intentionally evading your taxes.
If the IRS can prove that you were intentionally hiding, failing to report, underreporting, or failing to

file, you could face jail time.

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