Tax Law Blog

The Criminal Investigation arm of the IRS stays busy. With more than 3,000 agents worldwide, IRS-CI is focused on bank secrecy act violations, criminal tax fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. Earlier this year, the IRS ranked its top ten...

If you are new to this space, we are counting down the Top Ten Criminal Tax Fraud Cases for 2021 as identified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We are up to number four, a case about a con man who created a faith-based scam that bilked...

Is failure to file disclosures of offshore tax a criminal tax crime? It depends.

We continue our top ten countdown of financial crimes prosecuted by IRS:CI during 2021. In case #5, the IRS continued to focus on tax crimes conducted with digital currency.

An Offer in Compromise (OIC) is an agreement sometimes offered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to manage tax liability. Is it the right move for you?

In what is touted as the largest criminal tax matter against an individual taxpayer in the U.S., billionaire Robert Brockman was found competent to stand trial.

McKinsey & Company is in hot water again as French officials paid a visit to their Paris offices in search of evidence of tax fraud.

Did you prepare fraudulent tax returns this year or submit a knowingly false return? If so, this blog is for you.

While “tax fraud” is often considered a catch-all phrase, the term describes a particular type of tax crime involving fraud and willful intent.

Does deciding not to report income earned off the table really matter? It is not like stealing—or adding a fictitious dependent, right? What exactly constitutes a tax crime to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?