APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA – Matthew Jade Carroll, CEO/Founder of Metro Duct Cleaners, a company operating out of Apple Valley, Minnesota, providing a taxable cleaning service to customers, has been charged for allegedly deducting personal expenses through his business. This prompted an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
Investigators attempted to gather Carroll’s state income tax returns for 2017 through 2022 to find that he hadn’t filed income tax returns for 2021 or 2022. According to court documents, Carroll filed his 2017 state income tax return claiming state taxable income of $26,729, which investigators found to be under-reported by $30,505 from his gross receipts and overstating business expenses. When investigators recalculated, Carroll owed an additional $2,101 in income taxes, which remained unpaid.
Carroll filed his 2018 state tax return on April 10, 2019, claiming a taxable income of $10,115, which investigators found to be under-reported by $110,874 from his gross receipts and overstating business expenses. When investigators recalculated, Carroll owed an additional $7,423 in income taxes, which remained unpaid.