Tax Law Blog

A Florida man was arrested in September on criminal tax charges that stretch around the world.

An Ohio businessman facing 20 years in prison pled guilty to tax crime, including filing fraudulent tax returns.

For the last several months, we’ve been counting down the top five list of criminal tax charges of 2020 from the IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI). Because of the sheer audacity of the tax fraud, we decided to include the Honorable...

Taking advantage of company perks and fringe benefits is no new thing. For a New York CFO, the practice has plunged him and the company he works for into a media circus that could send him to prison.

Still waiting for your tax refund? The check may—or may not—be in the mail due to a sizeable backlog of returns being handled by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to pursue tax preparers engaged in filing fraudulent tax returns. Let’s look at some of these cases in our own backyard in Ohio.

Two recent court rulings drive home the need to pay careful attention to FBAR filings—and the penalties that accrue if they are ignored.

Tax fraud is easy to commit and less easy to remedy once a criminal tax investigation has been initiated. Are you concerned about attracting the interest of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?

Pakistan remains on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). What is the “grey list” and why does it matter?

You have heard it before. Since it is tax time, you’ll hear it again. Choose your tax preparer wisely.