A Jefferson City business owner has been indicted by a federal grand jury for tax evasion and for failing to pay more than $400,000 in payroll taxes.
Gina Marie Volmert, 53, was charged in an 11-count indictment Jan. 17, which was made public Wednesday upon Volmert's arrest and initial court appearance.
Volmert is the majority owner and operator of GVA and Associates LLC in Jefferson City, which provides medical billing and coding services for electronic submission of medical claims.
According to the federal indictment, GVA withheld payroll taxes from its employees' paychecks. However, from 2012-14, GVA allegedly made only partial payments to the IRS.
Volmert is charged with eight counts of failing to pay a total of $403,912 in payroll taxes to the IRS.
Volmert is also charged with three counts of tax evasion. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, the indictment alleges, Volmert decreased her reported income by fraudulently shifting her income to reimbursable expenses. Volmert fraudulently submitted $6,300 in reimbursable expenses every two weeks in order to conceal her income, according the indictment, which caused her income to be falsely reported on her W-2 to the IRS.