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Pardon us; no relief in sight; down on the farm; and other highlights of recent tax cases.San Francisco: Winery co-owner Brian Fleury, 64, of Napa County, California, has pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false return.Fleury and his spouse owned the winery Metropolitan Wines and several vineyards in Napa Valley. For tax years 2014 through 2018, Fleury underreported Metropolitan’s income to his tax preparer. Fleury directed some customers to pay with checks directly to Fleury instead of to Metropolitan and wrote or told his employees to “off the books,” on some of these customers’ invoices. Fleury…