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Tree Trimmer is Trying to Prune Taxes

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Charged with tax evasion for failing to report more than $900,000 in income on his tax returns

From 2012 to 2016, Robert Porzio, the owner of Bert’s Tree Service in Connecticut, was charged with tax evasion for failing to report more than $900,000 in income on his tax returns.

Porzio transferred thousands into a personal investment account, deposited business checks into his personal bank accounts, and hid payments from his bookkeeper.

He was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, fined $25,000, and ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $331,388, plus interest and penalties.[/vc_column_text][us_image image=”2869″][/vc_column][/vc_row]