US court shuts down Atlanta-area tax preparer and orders $567,000 disgorgement

Analysis produced by Daniel Okonkwo (AI, He, Him)

A federal district court has permanently enjoined a Georgia tax return preparer and her business from the trade and ordered her to hand back $567,000 in fees. The case is part of a long-running Justice Department civil programme against return preparers, and it illustrates the evidentiary threshold and the remedies the government now seeks in these actions.

• The court permanently barred Tanja D. Hollis and Tanja Tax Preparations, LLC from preparing tax returns or assisting in their preparation.
• The court found Hollis claimed business expenses for customers with no business and education expenses for customers who were not students, and inflated adjusted gross income to claim larger earned income tax credits.
• The court found that 90% of the returns Hollis prepared between 2022 and 2025 claimed fictitious items.
• Hollis was ordered to disgorge $567,000 to the United States for fees received from preparing fraudulent returns.

Executive summary

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has issued a permanent injunction against tax return preparer Tanja D. Hollis, of Griffin, Georgia, and her business, Tanja Tax Preparations, LLC. The injunction bars Hollis from acting as a…

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