Newsletter October 2025
Newsletter October 2025
Volume 25, Number 10
Cheshier Tax Resolution Times
The Frontline Defender for the Distressed Taxpayer
Cheshier Tax Resolution Welcomes Our Newest Employees
Lori joined the team in August at our Pecos office, as an Administrative Coordinator. She supports our tax prep and bookkeeping teams like a rockstar.
Nicole joined us in May, also at our Duncanville office. She serves as our Marketing Lead, Operations Manager, and Business Development Coordinator.
Shannon joined the team in July at our Duncanville office to be our “Voice on The Phone” as well as our Executive Administrative Coordinator.
Welcome to The Team!
Tax Preparer Charges $20K per Return
– IRS Collects its Share
James Meristin, a Florida tax preparer, was sentenced to three years in prison for
filing false tax returns on behalf of his clients.
From 2019 to 2023, Meristin and his partners ran Kings and Queens Multi Services.
They inflated refunds by exploiting ineligible claims, including COVID-related
sick and family leave credits. Meristin’s team generated such high refunds, that
they charged clients exorbitant fees, sometimes as high as $20,000 per return.
Meristin also falsified his own tax filings.
In addition to the prison sentence, Meristin was ordered to pay $2,338,675 in
restitution to the IRS.
Cocoa Executive Milks Mars For Over $28 Million
Paul Steed admitted to orchestrating a years-long fraud against his employer, Mars
Wrigley, that cost the company more than 28 million dollars.
She didn’t have a Preparer Tax Identification Number, so she digitally signed each return as if her clients had done it themselves. Brown created imaginary businesses, added fake medical and dental expenses, and
claimed non-existent cash donations. Her clients received thousands of dollars they weren’t eligible for. She was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $156,559.98.
Question:
Why was the accountant
always nervous?
Answer:
Because he couldn’t
handle the suspense
accounts.
Fraudulent Accounting Gets Businessman Charged
Florida businessman Joseph Stewart was indicted for concealing millions in income and filing fraudulent tax returns.
From 2013 to 2021, Stewart collected more than 6.8 million dollars in dividends from his 50 percent ownership in a company that provided internet access to American military personnel and contractors overseas. He filed tax returns in the early days of
the business but stopped once the company was profitable.
When the IRS began sending notices in 2019, Stewart hired a tax attorney and preparers and lied to them. He claimed
that more than 3.8 million dollars in dividends received between 2013 and 2018 were actually loans and therefore not taxable. He also claimed he didn’t know the company’s other shareholders. Based on these claims, the returns for 2013 to 2020 understated his
income by millions.
Stewart faces up to five years in prison on each tax evasion charge and up to three years per false return charge, as well
as restitution and fines.
Cheshier Tax Resolution Celebrates Employee Anniversaries
Britni celebrates six years on our team, she leads our Duncanville office – she specializes in Payroll, Entity Formation and Business Taxes.
Dionne, our fearless leader, celebrates fourteen years leading the C&A / CTR offices, as well as decades in the tax and bookkeeping fields.
Thank you for your continued dedication!
Dallas Client of the month
Are You My Next Client of the Month?
This month’s Dallas Client of the Month is First Class Productions
First Class Productions is “your one-stop-shop for all things events. Proudly
serving the North Texas and surrounding areas”
Pecos Client of the month
Are You My Next Client of the Month?
This month’s Pecos Client of the Month is Lazy S Hot Shot Services
Transportation services for Pecos and surrounding areas!
Restaurant
Owner Gets
Served for
Fraud
Domenico Mazzella, owner of
Mazzella’s Italian Restaurant in
Delaware, pleaded guilty to four
counts of tax evasion and twelve
counts of failing to collect,
account for, and pay over trust
fund taxes.
Between 2017 and 2020,
Mazzella concealed the
restaurant’s payroll and diverted
business funds for personal use.
He paid several employees
entirely in cash and hid these
payments from his tax preparer,
avoiding employment taxes. In
addition, Mazzella transferred
more than $600,000 from the
restaurant’s bank accounts into
his personal account, disguising
the withdrawals as business
expenses.
Mazzella also inflated expenses,
which caused his tax preparer to
understate the restaurant’s actual
income. This in turn led to
significant underreporting of his
own personal income on federal
tax filings.
Mazzella agreed to pay
restitution of $549,370.39 to the
IRS, which included both unpaid
income taxes and employment
taxes. He faces up to five years
in prison for each of the sixteen
counts.
Did You Know?
In 1882, the British made it illegal for Indians to collect or sell salt and
imposed a heavy tax on the mineral. In 1930, Gandhi defied this law
with the Salt March, leading followers to the sea to make salt
and challenge the British.
We at Cheshier Tax
Resolution are experts in
IRS tax problem resolution
and help taxpayers with their
IRS Problems every day.
We know the “ins and outs”
and know how to navigate
the IRS maze. There is a
solution to EVERY
problem. Call us today!
Linda @ 469-647-9950 for
a FREE, no-obligation
confidential consultation!
We’d Like to Hear From You!
If you have an IRS issue, or just want to refer a friend, relative or client, we’d love to hear from you. We can provide a no-obligation confidential consultation to help you solve your IRS problems.
Irving Adrienne @ 972-514-1424
Duncanville Linda @ 469-647-9950
Pecos Crissy @432-445-4949
Enter Our Trivia Contest for a Chance to Win a
$250 Transferrable Gift Certificate!
Take the Trivia Challenge to win!
Each month, I’ll give you a new trivia question. The first THREE people who call my office with the correct answer win a free $250 reduction on any IRS Resolution service I provide. Your prize is also transferrable, so use it for yourself, or give it to a family member or friend. Take your best guess and call Nicole @ 469-647-950
This month’s question is….
Approximately how many pieces of candy corn are made every year?
Call Nicole @ 469-647-9950 with your guess
