AMMAN: A woman and her daughter have pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting others with the filing of fraudulent tax returns, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.
Officials with the U.S. attorney’s office said Elizabeth M. Jordan, 52, and her daughter, Dolores A. Youmans, 30, each face a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison. Jordan had been working as a tax preparer since around 1990, according to the plea agreements. Since 2011, she was the owner and operator of a business that offered tax return preparation services. Officials said that at the business, Jordan, Youmans and others prepared individual income tax returns with accompanying forms and schedules on behalf of clients.
In doing so, they reported false information, including false deductions, false claims for education and other credits, and false claims of business expenses, officials said. The false representations reduced the amount owed by, or increased the amount refunded to, the taxpayers.
Officials said Jordan pleaded guilty to preparing and filing a fraudulent 2011 tax return, in which she represented that the taxpayer owned a business with no income and $34,755 in expenses.
