Federal court records show that the owner of a Rutland roofing company

Federal court records show that the owner of a Rutland roofing company cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of nearly $300,000 by underreporting his annual income for four years. James Mailhiot Jr., 56, has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to a single count of income tax evasion for 2022, court records note. Part of his penalty will be to pay full restitution. The criminal charge said he operates a partnership under the name Jim Mailhiot Roofing. Mailhiot’s roofing company had generated about $1.6 million in revenue between 2019 and 2022. Records show that he understated his income by over $819,000 across those four years.