Louisiana Man Charged in Connection with Deducting Employee Payroll Taxes and Failing to Send them to the IRS

New Orleans, Louisiana – On September 2, 2022, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Joey J. Stevenson, age 40, from New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on September 1, 2022, with failing to pay the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) employment taxes for his business, Community Care Solutions, Inc.

The grand jury returned a single-count indictment charging Stevenson with failing to pay over employment taxes in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7202. Stevenson owned and ran Community Care Solutions, Inc., according to the indictment, and from 2015 to 2019, he deducted payroll taxes from his employees’ paychecks but failed to send the money to the IRS.

U.S. Attorney Evans emphasized that an indictment is only a charge and that the defendant’s guilt must be established beyond a reasonable doubt.

Stevenson faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Stevenson also faces up to three years of supervised release upon his release from prison, a fine of up to $250,000 or double the gross gain or loss to any victims, and a statutory $100 special assessment fee per count.

IRS Criminal Investigations was lauded by U.S. Attorney Evans. The prosecution is led by Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas D. Moses.