Source: United States Department of Justice News
On Feb. 23, the United States filed a complaint seeking an order prohibiting John Hugo Eickhoff Jr., Rhonda Kaye Eickhoff, Hoffmann Associates LLC, Aric Elliot Schreiner, Columbia CPA Group LLC, John Williams Gray II and Damon Thomas Eisma from organizing, promoting or selling an allegedly unlawful tax scheme involving the use of charitable remainder annuity trusts (CRATs). The government allegations detail the defendants’ involvement with at least 70 CRATs, in a scheme that has resulted in an estimated $40 million of taxable income going unreported and at least $8 million in tax revenue losses.