Cab drivers nailed for tax evasion

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People in this town like to grumble about cab drivers, and one grumble heard frequently is that many don't pay their taxes.

No less than Leon Swain, former D.C. Taxicab Commission chairman and famed federal informant, has insisted to me on numerous occasions that tax evasion is widespread among cabbies, who of course operate in a largely cash business. Industry leaders, meanwhile, tell me that drivers are by and large a law-abiding group, with the occasional bad apples you find in any bushel.

Well, Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan announced today that the city has successfully concluded three rare prosecutions of cabdrivers for tax fraud. Cabbies Joseph Lane Jr., Robert L. Reeder and Southall E. Seay Jr. seem to have failed by dealing not strictly with everyday street hails, but with a government program with actual accountability:

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Joe Davidson 12 Aug, 2011

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