Tax Law Blog

To counter tax fraud and tax evasion, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires individuals who have money in a foreign bank account or offshore tax haven to file specific reports. Those reports include the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act...

Each year IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS: CI) releases its top ten list of tax crimes of the past year. The selections highlight the height of criminal tax fraud and the lengths that defendants go to mint money—if only for a little while. The...

Virtually all businesses collect payroll taxes, known as trust fund taxes, and deposit them with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). When employer payroll taxes are not reported and paid over, the IRS may pursue a trust fund recovery penalty (TFRP)....

Wealthy investors able to pony up $5 million may soon be able to buy entry into the United States and a road to citizenship through a “Gold Card.”

Tax fraud does not pay—especially fraud involving employment taxes.

If you are concerned about a tax controversy or Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit outcome, it could pay to understand Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs offered by the IRS.

While living abroad may be an adventure for U.S. expatriates, it does not relieve the annual filing of a tax return or the filing of a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account (FBAR).

In late December, a federal court judge authorized a summons from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requiring businesses associated with Trident Trust Group to produce information regarding foreign bank accounts and offshore tax havens used by U.S....

For years, the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have been working toward a global minimum tax to stem the loss of offshore tax dollars related to multinational enterprise (MNE). The U.S. has...

A recent Jacksonville, Florida tax crime offers a mashup of payroll tax fraud, shell company schemes, workers’ compensation fraud, and cooked books for good measure.