Tax Law Blog

Payroll taxes are a hard and fast responsibility of those who employ others.  For two C-Suite execs, their desire to conceal a business downturn got the better of their common and fiduciary sense.

Every good thing must come to an end, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) is one of them.

Newly released documents illustrate the havoc created within a now-defunct Panamanian law firm after a whistleblower leaked 2.6 terabytes of data that pierced the veil around the money hiding habits of the world’s elite.

As attitudes and regulations around tax havens change, so does the language we use for addressing offshore tax holdings.

The deadline for voluntarily disclosing offshore assets is rapidly approaching. If you are aware, or suspect, that your offshore tax matters are not compliant, now is the time to act.

To identify and reduce tax evasion through offshore tax accounts, US citizens are required to annually report assets held in foreign bank accounts.  FATCA is a regulation that requires just such a filing.

Pretty much any kind of correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is enough to ruin at least lunch. Receiving notice of an IRS civil tax audit can send a quiver of anxiety through anyone. To provide a heads-up on avoiding tax...

Despite dogged pursuit of US citizens for tax fraud and hidden foreign bank accounts, the US ranks a global number two as a reliably safe place to stash secret cash.

In the spirit of the hurricane season, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offers advice on preparing your business or personal enterprise in the event of an emergency.

By storm, fire, earthquake, and even volcano, many areas in the US are...

If you have heard one fraudulent tax scheme, you have heard them all, right? It usually involves an individual who files false income tax returns for a number of years. But for Ana Bajo of Salinas, California, a few fraudulent tax returns were not...