Tax Law Blog

Two recent court rulings drive home the need to pay careful attention to FBAR filings—and the penalties that accrue if they are ignored.

There is troubled road ahead for businesses that rely heavily on outsourced gig work. In April, the U.S. Labor Secretary took a strong stance in support of employee classification of gig workers.

Help around the home can cost you if you consider your caregiver or housekeeper as an independent contractor.

Recent research suggests that those who have the most money tend to pay the least amount of their earnings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

A year into the pandemic, bankruptcy remains an important option for business owners and operators.

It takes a lot of tax fraud to make the top five list of IRS criminal tax investigations. The IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) mulled through its many prosecutions and came up with five noteworthy criminal tax matters of the 2020...

Tax fraud is easy to commit and less easy to remedy once a criminal tax investigation has been initiated. Are you concerned about attracting the interest of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?

The Queen of Soul left no will—or did she? One way or the other the Tax Man cometh.

The Internal Revenue Service is perennially concerned with employment taxes. There are a myriad of ways a payroll tax issue can quickly turn into tax fraud.

The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) recently completed a new Challenge event—taking a close look at developing financial technology companies (FINtech) that offer financial services outside mainstream regulatory channels.