Tax Law Blog

We shared the story of Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino pleading guilt to tax evasion charges in January of this year. The sentencing has now been completed and The Situation is facing some time behind bars for his actions. 

The Internal Revenue Service does not have to look hard to find tax fraud.  Recently another former IRS employee pled guilty to tax fraud and identity theft.

They say you "don't mess with Texas," but in this case they should change it to "don't mess with the IRS." A Houston attorney has been indicted in a complex tax scheme for trying to bring offshore funds back to the U.S. without paying taxes to the...

Who knows how to play the system better than those who work with it every day?  Sadly, the lure to gamble professional expertise for money proved too much for Alena Aleykina, a former special agent for the IRS Criminal Tax Investigation Unit.

In order to provide incentive to encourage use, exchange, provision, and development of alternative fuels, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offered a Biodiesel Mixture Credit. Two Colorado business entrepreneurs took advantage of the credit—and...

Hired to prepare tax returns, Texas tax preparer Shermin Marshall instead schemed to divert funds for his own use.

A San Francisco area CPA was convicted, along with his client, of tax crimes related to the failure to report income for a period of four years, resulting in no income taxes being assessed for this same period. Now, they are both facing steep...

Last week, a Federal Grand Jury handed down an indictment for one Mississippi CPA for one count of conspiring to defraud the United States, four counts of filing false tax returns, and six counts of aiding in the preparation of false tax return....

As attitudes and regulations around tax havens change, so does the language we use for addressing offshore tax holdings.

If you have investments in foreign banks or tax havens, the chances are good that you are aware of your offshore reporting obligations.  But if the acronyms FATCA and FBAR have you puzzled, we can help.