A former Kansas businessman man pleaded guilty to employment tax crimes. According to court documents, starting in approximately 2010, Lance Ashley was the sole owner and operator of Ashley Home Care Services (AHCS), an Overland Park home healthcare business that provided daily living services to individuals. Ashley was responsible for all financial matters relating to AHCS, including handling the company’s payroll and collecting and paying over employment taxes to the IRS. From 2013 through 2016, however, AHCS did not pay all the employee withholdings it collected to the IRS. Rather, Ashley used some of the funds to pay corporate expenses and a number of his personal expenses. After the IRS began collecting AHCS’s unpaid taxes in 2016, Ashley provided fraudulent bank records to the IRS and did not fully disclose his bank accounts. In all, Ashley’s conduct caused a tax loss to the IRS of approximately $321,476.
