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Shellsburg tax preparer accused of helping clients file false returns
Associated Press
Mar. 28, 2013 8:53 am
An eastern Iowa tax preparer has been released from custody while he awaits trial on charges that he helped taxpayers falsely claim business income.
Keith Rath, of Shellsburg, was arrested last week by IRS agents after a grand jury indicted him on eight counts of aiding in the preparation and presentation of a false tax return.
The indictment says that on eight occasions over the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, Rath helped clients falsely claim thousands of dollars in business income that he knew they did not earn.
Rath has pleaded not guilty, and a trial has been scheduled to begin on May 20. A judge has ordered Rath not to have any contact with the taxpayers mentioned in the indictment.
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