Tax Law Blog

How troublesome is it if you fail to file your annual tax return, or your quarterly business taxes? This is not a trick question. The answer is, “it depends.”

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?

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

In May, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report that confirms the Internal Revenue Service is not pursing high income taxpayers that fail to file tax returns.

If you fail to fully report your income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), you could be heading for tax troubles ahead.

Everybody loves a good story. Here’s one: A movie producer accused of laundering $248 billion recently saw charges against him dropped—after he agreed to return $107 of his largess.

A false income tax return may mean different things to different people. How, you ask? There are different types of actions or omissions that broadly constitute tax fraud.

A Miami business man will spend two years in prison and still owe a tax bill of almost $10 million.  There has to be a better way.

Whether as employee or employer, taxes are a permanent workforce expectation.  Here is the lowdown on the types of schemes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regards when initiating a civil tax audit or criminal tax investigation.

Avoiding allegations of tax crime is important for anyone—especially business owners or high asset individuals who are more likely to become targets of an IRS criminal investigation. When we talk about “criminal tax matters,” what do we mean? Let’s...