Tax Law Blog

Two people from Louisiana are currently ex-spouses and soon to be ex-attorneys. A pair of attorneys, and former husband and wife, plead guilty to failure to file their taxes for several years. They took cash payments for services rendered and failed...

If you are concerned about getting audited by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS), you are not alone. In fact, these concerns are so common that the financial experts with Forbes recently published a piece with a handful of tips to avoid become the ...

America is going through another of its turbulent political seasons. While we have no interest in this space in choosing sides, we are interested observers who notice that Democrats and Republicans are agreed that a tax error does not have to ruin...

You've certainly heard of the feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky. Now the Tennessee McCoys have settled a feud with the United States, or more specifically, the IRS. A husband and wife pair have recently please...

Starting up a business or adding a side consultancy can immediately complicate your tax return. Make a mistake and the penalties and interest can easily inflate a past due tax balance.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is cracking down on foreign accounts with an iron fist. This was made clear when a former professor at the University of Rochester was not only fined $100 million for failing to disclose foreign bank accounts in...

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...