Tax Law Blog

The Internal Revenue Service does not have to look hard to find tax fraud.  Recently another former IRS employee pled guilty to tax fraud and identity theft.

They say you "don't mess with Texas," but in this case they should change it to "don't mess with the IRS." A Houston attorney has been indicted in a complex tax scheme for trying to bring offshore funds back to the U.S. without paying taxes to the...

Throughout the United States, tax preparer fraud is big business—what do you need to watch for if you use an accountant or tax preparer?

When a Los Angeles man purposefully failed to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), the Internal Revenue Service took notice.

We previously published an article that shared the story of a New York attorney that had been charged with funneling $3.5 Million from his deceased client's $35 Million estate through fake charities. He has recently plead guilty this crimes of...

Here’s a thought—economists suggest new corporate tax cuts won’t spur significant wage growth or capital investment because multinational companies were already stashing their cash in offshore tax havens.

Despite a duty to turn over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), some business owners are tempted to withhold that money. When they do—it can lead to an IRS audit, or worse, an IRS criminal tax investigation. For a Michigan man, a...

Question: When is a disclosure agreement not a disclosure agreement? Answer: When a party signing the disclosure fails to disclose. This unenviable position returned a Swiss Bank to the cross-hairs of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), earning it a...

A one-time campaign advisor to President Donald Trump faced federal heat on 18 counts in a Virginia courtroom.  A major contributor to his woes?  Tax fraud and unreported offshore tax holdings.

Who knows how to play the system better than those who work with it every day?  Sadly, the lure to gamble professional expertise for money proved too much for Alena Aleykina, a former special agent for the IRS Criminal Tax Investigation Unit.