Jacksonville, Florida – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jon Christopher Williams with four counts of attempting to evade and defeat individual income taxes, eleven counts of failing to withhold and pay employment taxes, and one count of endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal revenue laws. Each tax evasion and employment tax offense carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison. The obstruction offense carries a maximum penalty of 3 years in prison. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
According to the indictment, Williams is a dentist with a practice in Jacksonville Beach. He filed a personal income tax return and paid the associated taxes to the IRS every year from 2002 through 2012. He submitted requests to the IRS for extensions of time to file his tax returns for 2013 and 2014, but never filed any returns for those years or for any year thereafter.
The indictment alleges that from 2020 through 2023, Williams failed to report gross income from his business totaling approximately $3,371,657 and that he failed to pay approximately $1,079,136 in taxes due on that income. It is further alleged that Williams filed employment tax returns and paid the associated taxes to the IRS for the years 2008 through 2013, but that he has not filed such a return or paid any employment taxes since 2013. For the period encompassing the second quarter of 2020 through the fourth quarter of 2022, Williams failed to report and pay over to the IRS employment taxes totaling approximately $133,360.
