Escambia Tax Preparer Sentenced For Filing False Tax Returns

September 15, 2018

A former Escambia County tax preparer is headed to federal prison for preparing false tax returns.

Benell English, 57, was sentenced to 41 months and ordered to pay $182,877 in restitution to the IRS.

English, a tax preparer at Select Tax Service, prepared and filed false tax returns with the IRS between 2013 and 2017 by fraudulently increasing or decreasing taxpayers’ income to maximize refunds. A jury convicted English of 18 counts of preparing false tax returns in May.

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4 Responses to “Escambia Tax Preparer Sentenced For Filing False Tax Returns”

  1. CPA on September 18th, 2018 9:19 am

    My, your tax returns will most likely be looked at by IRS and anyone else he may have filed for.

  2. Name on September 16th, 2018 4:06 pm

    You do wrong you get wrong!!!

  3. Watcher on September 15th, 2018 10:50 pm

    This thug was running for an elected office in eScambia County.. Would have fit right in

  4. my on September 15th, 2018 9:35 pm

    Can I get some of my money back than. I use this man twice.

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