Tax Law Blog

No one wants to be the subject of a tax evasion investigation. Being accused of tax evasion can lead to significant fees and penalties. Even worse, however, it can lead to criminal tax evasion charges, which may result in jail time.

Unfortunately, a...

It seems like just yesterday that your pulse was pounding, your heart hammering and your eyes popping as you put your federal tax return into the mail, or hit "Submit." OK, maybe April 15th wasn't quite that dramatic for you, but it is hardly...

The news had been simmering for awhile before it broke last week. A New Albany interior designer was indicted in March and arrested last month. But a lid was put on the news when the U.S. Attorney asked a federal judge to seal the case to keep...

Even the smartest, shrewdest, most successful Cleveland business owners make mistakes. Most of them will tell you that part of the reason they are successful is that they learn from their mistakes and develop better ways approaching problems and...

The way this headline set off alarms among angry U.S. taxpayers, it might as well have been written in fire. "Report: 1,580 IRS workers evaded taxes over 10-year period." That's what the Associated Press stated, setting tempers ablaze across the...

On a summer day three years ago, a former banker walked out of a federal prison after spending two and a half years locked up for tax conspiracy. A little over a month later, the U.S. government cut him a check for $104 million (minus taxes). He was...