Tax Law Blog

After politicians and profiteers sacked a Malaysian investment fund, Goldman Sachs is now paying the shortfall—and trying to avoid criminal tax charges in the United States.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently unveiled its traditional Dirty Dozen Scam list.Let’s take a look.

After a long-running EU tax litigation, a recent decision strikes down an earlier ruling requiring that Apple pay almost $15 billion in taxes because of its preferential tax relationship with Ireland.

Tax crime is timeless. As long as there are taxes, there will be methods and modes—some legal, some illegal, and some by accident—that are used to work around tax regulations. Sometimes, current events provide us the opportunity to sketch how...

Some business owners may think it’s okay to skim some of their income from off the top, and then come tax time, move funds around. It’s their money, right? However, they typically discover it was not a wise decision because it often results in a...

Failure to file tax returns in some cases means the government eventually gets to keep the change. What happens when taxpayers who are due a tax refund do not ask for it?

A tip concerning tax fraud or a tax crime to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can pay dividends to whistleblowers. How does that work?

A person uses stolen identity information to file a false tax return and received a refund intended for another. The individual and their crew are caught and face prosecution. This is the story of how that happens.

When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is interested in your business, the result could be a civil tax audit.

Big Labor has spent decades fighting a reputation for dealing under the table. A recent guilty plea by the former president of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) is going to keep that assessment intact as a federal investigation continues to pull...