Tax Law Blog

To identify and reduce tax evasion through offshore tax accounts, US citizens are required to annually report assets held in foreign bank accounts.  FATCA is a regulation that requires just such a filing.

Pretty much any kind of correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is enough to ruin at least lunch. Receiving notice of an IRS civil tax audit can send a quiver of anxiety through anyone. To provide a heads-up on avoiding tax...

Despite dogged pursuit of US citizens for tax fraud and hidden foreign bank accounts, the US ranks a global number two as a reliably safe place to stash secret cash.

Offering an example of one of its “Dirty Dozen Tax Scams,” the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) permanently barred a tax professional from preparing tax returns for others.

A 64-year-old man with a history of tax controversy pled guilty to tax crimes that will land him in prison for the next six years.

A C-Suite executive is heading for prison for almost three years after committing tax fraud that netted him $1.7 million at the expense of his company.

If you have heard one fraudulent tax scheme, you have heard them all, right? It usually involves an individual who files false income tax returns for a number of years. But for Ana Bajo of Salinas, California, a few fraudulent tax returns were not...

Britain has finally given in to pressure to require greater transparency from its far-flung territories on tax concerns.

Offshore tax havens with lax regulatory environments are the bane of legitimate governments everywhere. Using these tax...

Never believe everything you read.  A Baltimore man read a book written by a couple convicted of tax crimes and decided to try it himself.  It earned him 18-months in prison.

As the Paradise Papers investigation slowly unravels the reputation of high-asset notables everywhere, foreign authorities recently froze bank accounts linked to a prominent investor and KPMG.