Contractor Pleads Guilty ordered to pay over 2mil. mil

[Blue]

Snohomish County (Washington) Superior Court Judge Ellen J. Fair gave Mark D. Standley, 53, until May 5, 2010, to make nearly $1.5 million in restitution to the Department of Revenue and nearly $650,000 to the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I). The restitution includes penalties and interest.

The judge indicated that the length of Standley’s sentence, which could be as much as 9.5 years in prison, will depend on how much restitution he makes before his sentencing date.

The Marysville resident admitted reporting less than one-half of 1 percent of the sales tax he collected on drywall work between 2003 and 2008, and failing to pay workers’ compensation premiums on employees he hired to do those jobs.

As part of his plea agreement, Standley agreed that the egregious nature of his offenses would allow the sentencing judge to give him an exceptional sentence higher than the standard sentence imposed for theft.

Assistant Attorney General Scott Marlow said this may be the most egregious tax fraud he’s ever seen, but it won’t be the last he’ll prosecute.

“We won’t let dishonest businesses get away with lining their pockets with taxes intended to provide essential services or help injured workers,” Marlow said. “It’s not fair to those who depend upon those services, and it’s not fair to honest businesses that play by the rules.”

The charges were brought in August by the Financial Crimes Unit of the Attorney General’s Office at the request of Revenue and L&I.

[framer55]

WOW!

Must not have been the first time.

[ModernStyle]

There is a large commercial and industrial painting contractor around here who got everything seized by the IRS and the government. This guy even went as far to hold out the taxes on his guys checks then spent the money on hookers and coke. Now he just list all his guys as subs and still doesnt carry the proper insurance or pay taxes.
I worked for him once in my younger days, he is a real scum bag. On a prevailing wage job he got pissed because I wanted the money that I was supposed to be paid and wouldnt accept $1 or $2 extra an hour like he had the rest of the guys taking.

[Bender]

Taxes are nothing to mess with. I don't like writing the checks every month but I would never mess around with it. The penalties are brutal.
I do however hate the gov't :)

[Bodger]

Taxes are nothing to mess with. I don't like writing the checks every month but I would never mess around with it. The penalties are brutal.
I do however hate the gov't :)


I second that. I hate 'em too, but learned not to mess with them. I had a $185,000 debt to the IRS at one time. Did a one-time offer and compromise that took three years to settle, and another five years to pay off.
They don't play. If you off yourself, they go after your family.

Free country? The IRS puts a big dent in that old cliche.

[cbscreative]

For those of us who operate above the board, we'd pay a lot less under FairTax (http://www.fairtax.org) because it collects taxes from everyone: tax cheats, hookers, drug dealers, illegal aliens, etc. No loopholes!

Besides, what I really like is no more compliance costs, filling out those over complicated, convoluted forms, and no more manipulation by lobbyists. You can tell a great idea by those who oppose it, and lobbyists are scared to death of FairTax. They misrepresent it every chance they get because they feel very threatened by it. They should, because it would require them to find a new line of work.

Unemployed lobbyists are no problem though, because FairTax would create plenty of honest jobs for them to apply for. Not that you'd want to hire them, but someone will.

[nEighter]

IRS isn't even a government body and was never actually okay'd by congress to exist.

[Bodger]

IRS isn't even a government body and was never actually okay'd by congress to exist.



If I recall, income tax was first brought about supposedly to offset the WWI debt, with a promise that it would be rescinded when that debt was resolved.

Not. I guess they figured out what a great little racket they had going there.

[Bender]

For those of us who operate above the board, we'd pay a lot less under FairTax (http://www.fairtax.org) because it collects taxes from everyone: tax cheats, hookers, drug dealers, illegal aliens, etc. No loopholes!

Besides, what I really like is no more compliance costs, filling out those over complicated, convoluted forms, and no more manipulation by lobbyists. You can tell a great idea by those who oppose it, and lobbyists are scared to death of FairTax. They misrepresent it every chance they get because they feel very threatened by it. They should, because it would require them to find a new line of work.

Unemployed lobbyists are no problem though, because FairTax would create plenty of honest jobs for them to apply for. Not that you'd want to hire them, but someone will.
I like that cbs. I'll have to read more about it.

[DavidC]

I read through most of the PDF, it's got more charts and graphs than Ross Perot on the campaign trail. But I like the idea. I could get behind a fair tax.

Good Luck
Dave

[cbscreative]

I started out very skeptical of FairTax, but I'm definitely on board with it over the last couple years. I already mentioned this, but one of the best ways to judge it is to look at who hates it. That's mostly lobbyists. Even many accountants like it. Sure they make good money because of the complexity of the tax code, but I've had accountants tell me they'd still have plenty to do without that. Right now, most business decisions get made based on tax consequences rather than what's really best for the business.