The United States Department of Justice has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against George Brito, Luis Brito, and Brito and Brito Accounting USA, Inc.
The civil complaint seeks to enjoin the defendants from preparing federal tax returns for others.
The civil complaint alleges that the defendants, George Brito and Luis Brito, have worked as tax return preparers for almost thirty years and since 2019 have prepared thousands of tax returns annually.
The complaint alleges that the defendants prepare returns that understate their customers’ tax liabilities and overstate their refunds.
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According to the complaint, the defendants’ unlawful schemes include deducting ineligible expenses as itemized deductions; claiming false or inflated business expenses and losses, and fabricating residential energy credits without any factual basis to claim them.
As alleged in the complaint, the defendants have caused the United States to issue inflated refunds that the defendants’ customers were not entitled to receive and to lose tax revenue.
The complaint further alleges that the defendants’ conduct harmed their customers, who pay substantial fees for what they believe to be honest return preparation services but eventually learn that they owe money to the IRS because of the inaccuracies reported on their returns.
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