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A Washington state restaurant owner is alleged to have hid sales
transactions and pocketed nearly $400,000 in sales tax collected from her
patrons in the first criminal case involving sales suppression software made
illegal in Washington in 2013.
Yu-Ling Wong, owner of the Facing East restaurant on 103rd Avenue Northeast,
is accused of having used "sales suppression software" to hide cash
payments and filing false tax returns.
The software reportedly deletes transaction, then re-balances the company
financial records to show a lower sales figure, reducing the business' tax
obligation. Money that patrons paid sales tax is then pocketed, as these
unscrupulous retailers keep "two sets of books," according to a statement
released by Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
This is believed to be the first criminal case involving the sales
suppression software in the nation, he said.
"I will not tolerate businesses that line their pockets by stealing from
taxpayers," Ferguson said. "Using software to cheat on tax obligations is
unfair to businesses that play by the rules and it robs Washington taxpayers
of the money that is supposed to fund our schools, parks and roads."
Using such software is a relatively new form of tax fraud and the state
Department of Revenue is still learning how to detect its use, said the
department's director, Vikki Smith.
In 2013, Washington passed a law making it a class C felony for anyone to "
sell, purchase, install, transfer, manufacture, create, design, update,
repair, use, possess, or otherwise make available" software or hardware that
deletes transactions.
Wong has been charged with first-degree theft, using said software and 21
counts of filing a false tax return.
She is expected to be arraigned on Feb. 17. If convitected, she could face
up to 120 months in prison.
transactions and pocketed nearly $400,000 in sales tax collected from her
patrons in the first criminal case involving sales suppression software made
illegal in Washington in 2013.
Yu-Ling Wong, owner of the Facing East restaurant on 103rd Avenue Northeast,
is accused of having used "sales suppression software" to hide cash
payments and filing false tax returns.
The software reportedly deletes transaction, then re-balances the company
financial records to show a lower sales figure, reducing the business' tax
obligation. Money that patrons paid sales tax is then pocketed, as these
unscrupulous retailers keep "two sets of books," according to a statement
released by Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
This is believed to be the first criminal case involving the sales
suppression software in the nation, he said.
"I will not tolerate businesses that line their pockets by stealing from
taxpayers," Ferguson said. "Using software to cheat on tax obligations is
unfair to businesses that play by the rules and it robs Washington taxpayers
of the money that is supposed to fund our schools, parks and roads."
Using such software is a relatively new form of tax fraud and the state
Department of Revenue is still learning how to detect its use, said the
department's director, Vikki Smith.
In 2013, Washington passed a law making it a class C felony for anyone to "
sell, purchase, install, transfer, manufacture, create, design, update,
repair, use, possess, or otherwise make available" software or hardware that
deletes transactions.
Wong has been charged with first-degree theft, using said software and 21
counts of filing a false tax return.
She is expected to be arraigned on Feb. 17. If convitected, she could face
up to 120 months in prison.
