A Houston tax preparer has been sentenced to prison for false tax returns.

Kendrick Baker, a former franchisee of Colbert/Ball Tax Service, has been sentenced to just over a year in prison.

Officials said Baker was found guilty in October of 16 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false U.S. individual income tax returns.

The jury also believed that Baker was guilty of adding fake and inflated business expenses and other deductions to a total of 16 electronically-filed tax returns from 2005 through 2007.

During the trial, the jury heard testimony from clients that said they were unaware of the fake expenses and deductions that Baker had included on their tax returns.

Officials said the jury also heard testimony that the false and inflated deductions had generated refunds of around $42,000.

Baker's sentence will be followed by one year of supervised release and he will have to pay more than $42 thousand in restitution to the U.S.