GREAT FALLS Tommy Michael Vanhoose reached a plea agreement earlier this month and has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of submitting a false tax return. In exchange, prosecutors have dropped four other charges of submitting a false tax return.

In 2023, VanHoose owned and operated Highwood Creek Outfitters LLC, a firearms distributor and shooting range in Great Falls. VanHoose, through a real estate agent, had listed the business for sale for $1,750,000.

An IRS undercover agent, posing as a potential buyer, inquired about the list price by calling the real estate agent in February 2023.

The real estate agent told the undercover agent that, [N]ot everything flows to the tax returns.

In a later conversation, the real estate agent told the undercover agent that they would not identify

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