Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments

[daveomak.fs]

Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments
By Dan Flynn on Aug 06, 2019 12:04 am A Tennessee meatpacking plant owner, sentenced for three federal felony counts and one misdemeanor, on July 31 promises to turn himself in to federal prison. James Brantley, the owner of Southern Provision LLC, was sentenced to 18 months for each of three felony counts and six months for the misdemeanor. Judge J. Ronnie Greer, presiding... Continue Reading

 

[Braz]

18 months in a "country club" prison and a $1.5 million fine? He got off easy. He cheated IRS out of $2.5 million, not to mention the non-payment of FICA, Medicare, Workman's Comp, etc. And he cheated the hell out of the workers - $8/hr and no overtime premium. He's lucky I was not his judge.

 

[mneeley490]

You can dink around with the FBI, DEA, FDA, etc. But you canNOT mess with the IRS.

 

[clifish]

You can dink around with the FBI, DEA, FDA, etc. But you canNOT mess with the IRS.

yup, the only agency that can take your primary residence and throw you out on the streets. Especially if you screw around with sales tax payments...in NY 10% penalty per day late.