U.S. Attorney Mark A. Totten | U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark Totten, has announced that Kerry Christian Heuhs, a 57-year-old resident of Holt, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Heuhs is awaiting sentencing and could face up to five years in prison.
"Those who fail to pay their fair share of taxes not only cheat the government out of much needed revenue that finances our military, health programs, and public works projects, but also cheat their fellow citizens who are forced to carry more than their fair share of the burden," stated U.S. Attorney Mark Totten. "My office will hold accountable individuals and businesses that willfully violate our tax laws."
Heuhs owns management companies operating two family dental practices in the Lansing area. Court documents reveal that prior to 2016, during an IRS audit, Heuhs was informed about mischaracterizing personal expenses as business expenses and failing to report certain income on his personal tax returns. Despite this warning, between 2016 and 2021, he continued underreporting joint taxable income from his dental management practices and mischaracterized personal expenses as business expenses on his tax returns. Additionally, between 2016 and 2019, he failed to report some business income while understating gross business receipts and overstating deductions on his business tax returns.
"Over the course of three years, Kerry Heuhs defrauded the American taxpayer by not paying his fair share. Motivated by greed, Heuhs consistently lied on his tax returns, using his businesses as a way to hide his personal spending and decrease his tax responsibility," said Special Agent in Charge Charles Miller from the Detroit Field Office of IRS Criminal Investigation. "Today's plea should serve as a stark reminder that criminals, such as Heuhs, will be held accountable for their brazen fraud."
The investigation is being conducted by IRS Criminal Investigation along with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Townshend is handling the prosecution.
