Federal complaint filed against mother-daughter tax return preparers

DETROIT – The Justice Department filed a complaint against a Detroit-area woman, her daughter, and the tax preparation business they operate seeking to permanently bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others.

The civil injunction complaint was filed in U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan against Denise Pope and Janise Jones.  The complaint alleges that Pope and Jones prepare federal income tax returns for customers that understate their correct tax liabilities.

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Denise Pope, also known as Denise Miller, operates CDP Tax Services Inc., CDP Accounting Service, PC, dba CDP Tax and Uneek Business Solution.  Each was named as a defendant in the suit.

The suit alleges that credits and deductions were claimed for customers despite lack of any supporting documentation. 

The Internal Revenue Service estimates that the defendants have prepared more than 3,000 tax returns since 2011.  The IRS has completed examinations of 87 of those returns stating that the total tax deficiency for those returns alone exceeds $460,000.

The IRS offers a free directory of federal tax preparers.

View complaint here.