Tax Law Blog

The mail today included a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) informing you that you were selected for an audit. What now?

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Math and Taxpayer Help Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 1, 2025, and will provide taxpayers with additional information and clarity when math errors are identified in their returns.

Ownership information collected from U.S. companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will be deleted when an interim rule is finalized by the end of the 2025 calendar year.

An early crypto influencer recently resolved a federal investigation into mail fraud and tax evasion, paying roughly the same amount he was accused of avoiding.

Federal tax enforcement may be headed for significant change. With the Department of Justice (DOJ) moving to reorganize, and potentially dissolve, the stand-alone Tax Division, long-established processes for civil and criminal tax matters could...

The National Taxpayer Advocate, Erin M. Collins, released the Fiscal Year 2026 Objectives Report to Congress on June 25, 2025. The report reviews the 2025 filing season and flags challenges the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and taxpayers will face...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Voluntary Disclosure Practice (VDP) offers a valuable opportunity for individuals or businesses facing potential tax crime exposure to voluntarily come clean. A recent change to the program...

Continuing our countdown of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS: CI) top ten tax crimes of 2024, we take a look at a politician nabbed for influence peddling and tax fraud, along with a case involving drug trafficking with ties to terrorism.

A complicated tax crime earned a hedge fund trader about $1.3 billion in ill-gotten goods. It also earned him the next 12 years in prison.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is encouraging taxpayers to obtain an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) as a necessary step to avoid tax fraud around tax returns.