Tax Law Blog

Tax season is in full swing. Anyone that has been gathering their tax documents has likely had concerns about the potential of an audit. What if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) digs deeper into your returns? What if your deduction numbers are...

Yet another small business owner, this one specializing in installing audio systems for churches and corporations, is facing 15 months of jail time for bad decision making. The North Carolina man witheld employment taxes from his staff, but used...

A mother and son are facing a minimum of five years in jail after being found guilty of filing fraudulent corporate tax returns for their marketing business. They submitted false summaries of business expenses that included many personal items and...

The more things change in Washington DC, the more things remain the same. Though administrations have changed, the Internal Revenue Service continues its pursuit of information about offshore bank accounts that might be used to hide assets and evade...

As regular readers of our national tax law blog know, we frequently touch upon issues related to FBAR. For those unfamiliar with acronym, it stands for Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. These reports are required for Americans who have...

A husband and wife, Michael Taylor, 48, and his wife, Jeanette, 44, who own a construction business in West Virginia are each facing two years of jail time for failing to pay employment taxes. They withheld over one million dollars, which they used...

An Alaskan oncologist is facing some severe charges stemming from filing false tax documents, making false statements, taking inappropriate tax deductions, and obstruction charges. He also established a non-profit that used to fill his personal...

Not so shockingly, not all politicians uphold the law. A congressional staffer was sentenced to prison recently for willfully failing to file an individual income tax return. Failure to file is a serious violation in the eyes of the Internal...

The National Taxpayer Advocate is a little-publicized position within the Internal Revenue Service. Appointed in 2001, Nina Olson's job is to be the voice of tax-paying citizens. 

A trio of brothers hid their offshore bank accounts worth millions for over a decade, and the long arm of the law has finally caught up to them. The IRS is taking much stronger measures to seek out hidden foreign bank accounts and tax evasion....