Tax Law Blog

After being convicted of filing fraudulent tax returns, Chicago-area attorney Gary J. Stern sat through his two-hour long sentencing hearing. NFL stars like Terrell Owens, Adalius Thomas, Ray Lewis and Plaxico Burress alleged that they were scammed...

An attempt to hide assets from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can come with serious consequences. A case involving a businessman and his accountant provides an example. The two are facing charges for concealing income in an attempt to obstruct...

A Beverly Hills resident was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for a slew of tax violations, including corruptly endeavoring to impede the internal revenue laws, filing false tax returns, claiming exemptions he did not qualify for, and...

Stereotypically, strip club owners tend to be portrayed as a bit slimy and underhanded, to say the least. In the case of one Vegas strip club owner, those stereotypes weren't far from the truth. The man in question went full monty on tax fraud by...

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 43 months of prison time for tax evasion. Oddly enough, this gentleman ran a tax consultancy business for the last 24 years, and that was after 12 years of being employed as an IRS Revenue Officer. He used...

Colorado is a winter paradise, with snow-capped mountains and sweeping views. One business owner capitalized on those features and opened a window cleaning and snow removal business. It was a lucrative choice. Unfortunately, the IRS believes he's...

In 2010, MTV's The Jersey Shore was a "reality" TV sensation. The cast, including Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, was well known for their GTL lifestyle - an abbreviation for Gym, Tan, Laundry. It's looking like that T could actually be short...

The former CEO of Max International, a nutritional supplement manufacturer focused on enhancing cell function, was indicted this week for tax evasion. The Utah Attorney General believes Peter Nordberg was hiding commissions out of his home state to...

As dark and gloomy as the future might look right now to a former councilwoman, it could easily have been far worse. The resident of Jupiter, Florida, was recently sentenced to 8 months in prison, followed by supervision. She was also ordered to pay...