USA-FALSE TAX RETURNS-SUPREME COURT RULING

Filing false tax returns is a deportable felony, Supreme Court holds
The Supreme Court held that filing false tax returns qualifies as an aggravated felony and that resident aliens convicted under Internal Revenue Code Section 7206 could therefore be deported. Although fraud or deceit is not an element of Section 7206, the court held that filing a false tax return necessarily entails deceit and therefore fits the definition of aggravated felony for these purposes.