Tax Law Blog

Though most of them today have gone virtual for the time being, seminars are a great way to experience interactive learning on a topic, hosted by a dynamic speaker. Unfortunately, there's always that little nugget of uncertainty going into one--you...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is ubiquitous. As a constellating force on Tax Day and an omnipresent regulatory enforcer, the IRS truly is nationwide—with boots on the ground in more than 20 regional offices across the country.

It is a story involving wealth, payroll tax issues, failure to file tax returns, and even a truffle business. What it does not talk about is the real victims of tax crime.

Let’s say you have committed tax fraud—for years. Whether it was false income tax returns, payroll tax issues, or other potential tax crime, you know you did it. Fear of the IRS eats at you as you try to enjoy your family and your future—knowing...

For some, the temptation to file a false tax return is too great to resist. After that, tax evasion can snowball. For one taxpayer, who was also employed by the IRS, the outcome could be prison.

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

The application period for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Compliance Assurance Program (CAP) is now open.

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.

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.

It takes a lot of tax fraud to make the top five list of IRS criminal tax investigations. The IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) mulled through its many prosecutions and came up with five noteworthy criminal tax matters of the 2020...