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.”

The circumstances around the arrest of a San Jose man tells a story of several common tax crimes rolled into one complicated narrative.

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.

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...

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.

While talking big and selling fake facts may not raise eyebrows today, Michael Cooper, founder of The Tax People, made big news for a short time selling tax fraud in the late 1990’s. Convicted of criminal tax fraud, Mr. Cooper went to federal prison...

Anytime is a good time for a tax scam, but fraudsters often take special advantage of periods of high economic or community instability.