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The assets of NextPoint Financial, parent of chain Liberty Tax, have been sold after approval by a Canadian Court and under Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States.
Liberty and Canadian Community Tax will continue to operate under the ownership of BP Commercial Funding Trust, Series SPL-X
The action was spurred by NextPoint’s disastrous acquisition of LoanMe, which was supposed to be operated in tandem with Liberty as a one-stop consumer operation. NextPoint purchased both LoanMe and Liberty in 2021 but shuttered LoanMe for new loans in July 2023. NextPoint sued AmeriFirst Home Improvement Finance seeking millions of dollars in damage for the alleged failure of AmeriFirst to live up to the terms of a loan servicing contract.
LoanMe, which had continued to service existing loans, will be wound down. NextPoint’s announcement said there would be no assets to distribute to creditors
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A Miami, Fla.-based tax preparer, who had been barred from the tax business, must pay $403,967.70 to a federal court for violating that order. The preparer, Milagros Espinal, was barred from preparing or filing federal tax returns for others.
Two Plead Guilty in $2.9-Million Return Fraud
Two Florida tax preparers have pleaded guilty to filing bogus income tax returns that cost the government slightly less than $2.9 million in fraudulent refunds.. Nikency Alexis and Thony Guillaume entered the pleas to charge of conspiring to defraud the United States and preparing false tax returns.
Collection Agencies Reup with IRS
Three private collection agencies have received new contracts, the Internal Revenue Service said this week. The agencies can discuss overdue federal taxes with taxpayers and their ax representatives who have been notified by letter by the IRS their accounts been turned over to one of the companies for collection..
Two New Orleans Preparers Barred
Two New Orleans, La., area preparers have been barred from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The two, Mario Alexander and Leroi Gorman Jackson, were booted from the tax business by a federal judge after the government accused them of preparing fraudulent returns using a variety of techniques.
Preparer Kept Preparing Despite Ban
A Houston, Texas tax preparer has pleaded guilt to prepare false tax returns despite being under an order barring her from the business. Marcia Angella Johnson entered the plea to acts that the United States claimed cause a loss of at least $54,545 in tax revenue.
Sovos Buys 1099 Pro
Sovos, which markets indirect tax software, has acquired 1099 Pro. Terms were not disclosed.
Tax Industry Pushes Preparer Regulation
A group of organizations in the tax and accounting business are articulating their support of granting the Treasury Department the authority to regulate professional tax preparers
Intuit: Returns To Be Up 3 Percent
Intuit is predicting that the number of federal individual tax returns fuked will be up 3 percent for 2021 over the prior year. The software company had previously estimated the total would be about 1-percent higher than last year, CFO Michelle Clatterbuck said during the company’s recent webcast for earnings for the year ended July 31.
Child Tax Credit Portal Enhanced
The Internal Revenue Service has added the ability for families to update postal mailing addresses to the Child Tax Credit Update Portal. The IRS also plans to add other self-service features to the site this year.
TaxAct Price Lowered for Growth
Prices for federal TaxAct modules were lowered for the recent tax season, according to its parent company Blucora. CEO Chris Walters said during a recent earnings webcas for earnings for the second quarter ended June 30.
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