Local Dickson County business owner Teresa Overton recently entered a no-contest plea to charges of tax evasion and tampering with government records, as stated by the Tennessee Department of Revenue’s investigation results. Overton, who failed to remit collected sales tax from her businesses, Teresa’s & Company and Teresa’s & Co. Antiques & More, has been sentenced to supervised probation for two years.
The case, which concluded last week in a courtroom overseen by Judge Joshua Turnbow, resulted in Overton also being ordered to pay $10,674.66 in restitution. As per the Tennessee Department of Revenue announcement, Revenue Commissioner David Gerregano emphasized the gravity of the offense, saying, “It is a felony for retailers to collect sales tax from the public and fail to remit it to the state.” The department pursued these criminal sanctions to ensure accountability for such actions…