A tax preparer in Kansas City, Kansas, was sentenced Tuesday to six months in custody and six months in home confinement for preparing tax returns containing false information, U.S. Attorney Stephan McAllister said.
Shermaine C. Canady, 44, Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of filing false income tax returns. In her plea, she agreed to pay restitution to the government.
Canady admitted that in one instance she prepared a return for a client containing false information in order to claim a $5,187 Earned Income Tax Credit and a Child Tax Credit of $1,000, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
McAllister commended the Internal Revenue Service and Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley for their work on the case.