A North Dallas, Texas, tax preparer has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and ordered to pay the government $11.9 million in restitution. Alma Jean Gilbert, age 54, was sentenced after pleading guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a materially false tax return in October 2019.Gilbert has owned and operated Touch Tax Solutions in Dallas since 2011 and opened an additional office in Mesquite in 2016.
Court papers show she prepared and caused to be filed hundreds of fraudulent client tax returns from 2012 through 2017. The IRS said she used a variety of false credits and deductiotions, such a false education credits, fuel tax credits and business losses to boost client refunds.
