Criminal Defense for Accounting Fraud Claims
Observations by professionals who work in the financial services field tell us that the federal government has increased its efforts to investigate and prosecute tax preparers who filed fraudulent returns. From the government's point of view, a successful case against a tax preparer means that the government recoups any unpaid taxes plus possible fines levied against the preparer.
The New York law firm of Greenspan & Greenspan has a long-standing and highly-regarded practice that focuses on defending individuals against all types of financial crimes. Our tax crimes defense practice is led by founding attorney Leon J. Greenspan, an AV-rated* lawyer who has more than 45 years' experience to bring to bear for each client.
Seek Legal Advice at the First Sign of a Government Investigation
As a professional tax preparer, tax accountant or CPA, your professional reputation and entire career are at stake if you are accused of tax preparation fraud. In many cases, careers can be saved: early intervention by a lawyer with more than four decades' experience negotiating with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Justice may keep the case from progressing to the point of criminal or civil prosecution.
Defense of Accounting Fraud Claims Can Be Complex
Building a defense is never straightforward in any tax accounting fraud case. Your attorney must have in-depth knowledge of the Internal Revenue Code and have extensive experience working with the Criminal Investigations Division of the IRS.
Tax accounting fraud cases become especially complex when the tax preparer had no knowledge of his or her client's own tax fraud scheme. By signing the returns as the preparer, the tax accountant becomes professionally and legally responsible for their contents. This may be true even though the tax preparer had no actual knowledge (or even a suspicion) of his or her client's tax fraud schemes. To untangle the interwoven threads of the client's scheme and separate them from the preparer's own liability requires an analytical mind and intimate knowledge of the Internal Revenue Code.
Attorney Leon J. Greenspan of Greenspan & Greenspan has the necessary knowledge, as well as a long history of successful defense of professional tax preparers accused of filing fraudulent returns.
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Contact Greenspan & Greenspan
Our law firm keeps offices in White Plains, New York, and in Rockland County. Attorney Greenspan is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and Pennsylvania. Because tax cases come under federal jurisdiction, he is admissible to practice in the tax court of every federal district.
“Although most of my clients come from the states in which I have offices, I am occasionally called upon for tax advice or representation by individuals in other states.” – Attorney Leon Greenspan
To consult with preeminent tax attorney Leon J. Greenspan, call us toll free at 800-553-6009 or use our online contact form.
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