The contractor willfully failed to collect and pay over to the IRS required federal payroll taxes in the total amount of $185,681.90 from 2017 to 2020.
The contractor allegedly cashed customer checks without first depositing them and withheld information concerning these checks and other business revenues from his tax preparers.
A New Jersey roofing contractor was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion and failure to pay the IRS over $540,000 in employment taxes.