Business Owner in Louisiana Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Collecting Taxes From Employees and Not Submitting Them to the IRS

New Orleans, Louisiana – A Business owner in Louisiana has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced for collecting taxes from employees and not submitting them to the IRS.

On March 23, 2023, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Joey J. Stevenson, age 41, from New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to 5 years probation for failing to pay employment taxes for his business, Community Care Solutions, Inc to the IRS.

Stevenson was charged for and pled guilty to failing to pay employment taxes owed to the IRS, a violation of 26 U.S.C. 7202. Stevenson owned and ran Community Care Solutions, Inc., according to court filings. Stevenson withheld more than $500,000 in Medicare, Social Security, and income taxes from his employees' paychecks between 2015 and 2019, but failed to submit it to the IRS. Stevenson also failed to pay an additional $254,181.21 in Medicare and Social Security taxes. In sum, Stevenson failed to pay $796,077.41 in IRS taxes owed in connection with Community Care employees.

Stevenson was sentenced to 5 years probation, $796,077.41 in restitution to the IRS, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee by the Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle.

IRS Criminal Investigations was lauded by U.S. Attorney Evans. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas D. Moses of the Financial Crimes Unit.