A New Orleans trucking company owner is charged with filing false tax returns, one that left out about $79,011 of income and another that claimed about $235,274 in false deductions. James Perdigao, 64, owner of DC Trucking and Hauling, was charged in a two-count bill of information dated Oct. 26, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana said Oct. 29. Both counts fall under the federal statute on false returns, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1).
U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle called the bill of information “merely a charge” and said “the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.” No court date is listed.
Which returns are at issue?
The first count covers Perdigao’s individual return for 2022, which the office says “failed to include income in the approximate amount of $79,011.01.” The second covers a 2023 corporate return that he filed as owner of DC Trucking and Hauling, which “included approximately $235,274 in false deductions.”…