Tax Law Blog

There is troubled road ahead for businesses that rely heavily on outsourced gig work. In April, the U.S. Labor Secretary took a strong stance in support of employee classification of gig workers.

Help around the home can cost you if you consider your caregiver or housekeeper as an independent contractor.

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...

Tax fraud is easy to commit and less easy to remedy once a criminal tax investigation has been initiated. Are you concerned about attracting the interest of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?

The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) recently completed a new Challenge event—taking a close look at developing financial technology companies (FINtech) that offer financial services outside mainstream regulatory channels.

In July 2020, the Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) announced the end of his longtime tenure at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Current CI deputy chief James Lee has become the new Chief of CI.

The IRS CI Annual Report for 2020 has been released. The Annual Report always offers an interesting inside look at the work of special agents who focus entirely on criminal tax matters in the U.S.

Not likely but true—the National Rifle Association (NRA) reported the tax fraud of its own executive board.

Sometimes, tax fraud takes the form of schemes and scams that take advantage of taxpayer funded programs like Medicaid.

Like most global investment banks, Goldman Sachs would prefer not to have a guilty plea on its books—but the recent 1MDB scandal required one.