Robert M. MacLafferty, age 46, of Portland, Tennessee was sentenced January 29th to serve 5 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. His sentence also included the requirement to pay restitution to the IRS of $37 plus thousand.
According to the US Attorney's news release:
MacLafferty pled guilty on October 12, 2007, to five counts of income tax evasion. During his plea hearing, MacLafferty admitted that he earned income which required him to file federal income tax returns for years 1996 through 2003, however, he failed to file such a return in each of those years. MacLafferty also admitted that he had adjusted gross income totaling $227,993 from 2000 to 2003. During this period of time, MacLafferty provided false documents to his employer claiming he was not a citizen of the United States and therefore not liable to pay federal income taxes. MacLafferty also admitted that after the Internal Revenue Service filed a federal tax lien against his residence in Sumner County, he quitclaimed his interest in this property and another property to his wife.
Similarities? Let's see - Snipes claimed that he was not a citizen of the US and not liable to pay federal income taxes. Likewise, Snipes filed to file tax returns for a number of years during which he had approximately $37 million in earnings.
Possible Outcome! Snipes, due to "star power" avoids prison and makes right with the IRS and federal government. Or, Snipes gets a "hand slap" prison sentence like MacLafferty and is told to pay up for his misdeeds.
Since it will take time to see what the outcome is...want to weigh in with your thoughts.
Prison (light sentence) or freedom - which will the judge order?
Business ethics speaker, Chuck Gallagher, off for now...
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