Tax Law Blog

Several European countries recently announced they will not be putting any COVID stimulus monies into the deep pockets of secrecy jurisdictions currently on the EU tax haven blacklist.

A false income tax return may mean different things to different people. How, you ask? There are different types of actions or omissions that broadly constitute tax fraud.

While talking big and selling fake facts may not raise eyebrows today, Michael Cooper, founder of The Tax People, made big news for a short time selling tax fraud in the late 1990’s. Convicted of criminal tax fraud, Mr. Cooper went to federal prison...

Anytime is a good time for a tax scam, but fraudsters often take special advantage of periods of high economic or community instability.

Whether as employee or employer, taxes are a permanent workforce expectation.  Here is the lowdown on the types of schemes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regards when initiating a civil tax audit or criminal tax investigation.

Entering a guilty plea on seven felonies including tax fraud, a Massachusetts man is hoping to resolve his involvement in the Panama Papers scandal--a document leak that has impacted high wealth individuals around the world.

A Brooklyn pharmacist was arrested and arraigned recently for his involvement in a drug diversion network involving illicit sale of the opioid oxycodone.

A longtime IRS criminal tax investigation yielded results when a federal grand jury in Springfield, Massachusetts handed down an indictment that could send a golf pro to prison for 20 years.

As the 2020 tax season moves into full swing, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been working hard to take fraudulent tax returns off the table.  How? By going after tax preparers who commit tax fraud.

Filing false tax returns and failure to file reports on wealth held in foreign bank accounts netted a California businessman almost two years in prison.