FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TAX

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 (202) 514-2007

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Justice Department Asks Federal Court

to Bar Nevada Man
From Preparing Tax Returns for
Others
Henderson Resident Allegedly Prepared Fraudulent
Returns for Customers in 28 States
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today asked a Nevada federal court
to bar Larry P. Goodyke, of Henderson, Nevada, from preparing federal income tax
returns for others. The civil injunction complaint, filed today in Las Vegas, alleges
that Goodyke and his businesses, Consultants by 5 and PC Computerz Tax Service,
prepared for customers in 28 states at least 475 federal income tax returns falsely
claiming either that the internal revenue laws did not require his customers to report
wage income and file tax returns or that wage income is deductible from taxable
income. The lawsuit also seeks a court order requiring Goodyke to give the Justice
Department his customers' names, mail and e-mail addresses, and telephone and
Social Security numbers.

According to the complaint, Goodyke prepares returns that either omit wage income
or falsely claim that wage income is deductible from taxable income because the
payment of wages for labor is an even exchange of property. Courts across the
country have repeatedly rejected these arguments. The complaint alleges that the
returns he allegedly has prepared have claimed more than $10 million in refunds,
with the average refund claimed exceeding $22,000. The complaint also seeks an
order requiring Goodyke to remove false statements from a website he allegedly
uses to promote his services, www.consultantsby5.com.

"The Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service are working
energetically to halt the preparation and filing of false and fraudulent income tax
returns," said Eileen J. O'Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice
Department's Tax Division. "Fraudulent tax return preparers not only cheat the
federal treasury, but also cheat their customers by exposing them to possible civil
and criminal penalties."

This injunction suit is part of an effort begun in 2001 to stop the promotion of tax
scams and the preparation and filing of false and fraudulent returns. The Justice
Department has obtained injunctions against more than 100 promoters and tax-
return preparers during this period. More information about the Justice Department's
efforts against tax-scam promoters can be found at
http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/taxpress2005.htm. Information about the Justice
Department's Tax Division can be found at http://www.usdoj.gov/tax.

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