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Town of Durham resident William Scalzi, the owner of Transportation General in West Haven, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of subscribing a false tax return after understating his taxes for several years.
According to the U.S. Attorney, Scalzi, 61, understated his taxable income by running personal expenses through his company.
Scalzi admitted to using his company’s credit cards to pay for numerous personal expenses, which were deducted as business expenses on Transportation General’s corporate tax returns. He also did not include those personal expenses as income on his personal tax returns for the 2007 through 2010 tax years.
In total, Scalzi failed to pay approximately $297,319.31 between 2007 and 2010. As part of his plea agreement, Scalzi agreed to pay back that money, which will “satisfy his criminal and civil tax liabilities for the 2007 through 2010 tax years.” No sentencing date has been announced.
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