Major Sentencing Guideline Changes for Most Tax Offenders, With More on the Way: ABA Sentencing Panel by EVAN DAVIS
Posted by Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Those who commit tax crimes are among the least likely to re-offend, as statistics from the United States Sentencing Commission – the group that drafts the Federal Sentencing Guidelines used by judges to help determine what sentence to impose – have consistently shown. Mostly well-educated, older, and without any prior criminal history, tax offenders almost always are deeply ashamed of having committed their crime and don’t want to see the inside of a courtroom or, even worse, a federal prison, ever again.