Tax Law Blog

Tax fraud does not pay—especially fraud involving employment taxes.

A recent Jacksonville, Florida tax crime offers a mashup of payroll tax fraud, shell company schemes, workers’ compensation fraud, and cooked books for good measure.

Business owners who unwittingly or deliberately misclassify employees can end up in an employment tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Avoid the inevitable confrontation by knowing the differences between an employee and a legitimate...

Report and payment of employment taxes are a fundamental responsibility of business owners who employ workers in the United States. An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) criminal tax investigation recently exposed another business that collected ...

Most companies offer basic benefits to their employees. Whether it's health insurance or wellness and retirement programs, business owners have a choice of what they want to provide and how much they want to pay for the perk.

A large Italian grocery chain and its directors are under investigation for fraud and an employment tax dispute.

In the press of the pandemic and after, many businesses and other entities filed Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. In 2023, an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) found many of those claims were not eligible. What happens next?

Employers in the U.S. are required to collect employment taxes and pay them over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Not only that but responsible parties are expected to do so in a timely and correct manner. Not surprisingly, if there is an...

The temptation is too great—a business owner siphons employment taxes to fund the business or his lifestyle. You may be falling behind on paying over withholding taxes right now, but are convinced no one will notice. But what if the IRS already...

Payroll tax crimes are common and usually avoidable. The plight of one business owner highlights the federal obligation to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).