Skip to main content

Customer Notice: To schedule an appointment, please contact us at AZTax[email protected].

taxes
Arizona
Department of Revenue
    • Home
    • About
    • Business
    • E-File Services
    • Forms
    • Reports, Statistics and Legal Research
    • Tax Credits
    • Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT)
    • View My 1099-G
    • Unclaimed Property
    • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About
  • Business
  • E-File Services
  • Forms
  • Reports, Statistics and Legal Research
  • Tax Credits
  • Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT)
  • View My 1099-G
  • Unclaimed Property
  • Contact Us
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Site Map
  • Subscribe
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • Home
  • Media Center
  • Latest Press Releases
  • News
  • Clifton Business Accused of Fraudulent Schemes
  • Meeting Archive
  • News, Events & Notices
    • TPT Tax Rate Table
  • TPT Newsletter Archive

Clifton Business Accused of Fraudulent Schemes

PHOENIX - On October 5, 2020, the State Grand Jury handed down a 17 count indictment against Jackie Marie Norton, the owner operator of PJ’s Café in Clifton, Arizona, alleging fraudulent schemes and artifices, failure to file TPT returns, and forgery for collecting transaction privilege taxes and payroll taxes from her customers and employees that she failed to remit to the Arizona Department of Revenue. 

After an employee contacted the Department of Revenue inquiring about their tax refund, the Department became aware that Norton had allegedly provided Forms W-2 that reflected taxes withheld from the employee that were never remitted. 

The Arizona Department of Revenue’s Criminal Investigations Unit also opened an investigation into alleged failure to pay transaction privilege tax, or TPT, Arizona’s version of sales tax, which is imposed on sales of food and drinks at restaurants by the State of Arizona, Greenlee County, and the Town of Clifton.

The investigation revealed that PJ’s Café was charging and collecting TPT from its customers; however, allegedly, Norton kept the TPT collected from customers rather than remitting it to the Department of Revenue for distribution to the State of Arizona, Greenlee County, and the Town of Clifton. 

The investigation alleges that between March of 2012 and December of 2018, PJ’s made $2,077,761 in taxable sales and Norton failed to remit $181,922 in transaction privilege tax.

Copy of indictment.

 

 

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Arizona
Department of Revenue
  • Contact Us
    • Report an AZTaxes Issue
    • Report a Web Issue
    • FAQs
    • Locations and Services
    • Mailing Addresses
    • Customer Satisfaction Surveys
    • Report Tax Fraud
Arizona Department of Revenue
(602) 255-3381
1600 West Monroe Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • Subscribe for Updates
  • Site Map
    • Forms
    • Where's My Refund?
    • AZTaxes.gov
  • News & Notices
  • Report Tax Fraud
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • Careers