A CT contractor faked documents he used in tax returns. An IRS audit caught it.

A Connecticut contractor pleaded guilty this week in Hartford federal court to a tax offense, according to a federal authorities.

David Anspach 67, of Wilton, pleaded guilty to one count of willfully delivering or disclosing to the IRS a false document, according to a federal authorities.

Authorities said the offense carries a maximum term of one year in prison. Anspach is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford on February 12, 2024.

Authorities, citing both court documents and statements made in court, said Anspach ran a construction and remodeling business and in the “course of a civil audit of Anspach’s tax return for the 2013 tax year, the IRS discovered that Anspach’s business receipts were underreported.”

“Some of the underreported business receipts were subsequently accounted for as payments to workers, but in an effort to offset further receipts, Anspach provided false documents to a representative who had prepared Anspach’s tax return and was assisting him during the audit,” authorities said in a statement

“The documents included fabricated letters and invoices intended to establish that Anspach had made payments to vendors beyond those reported on his tax return,” the statement said. “Anspach’s representative provided the documents to the IRS.”

Anspach is free on a $10,000 bond pending sentencing.

The investigation was done by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, authorities said.