Tax Law Blog

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.

Tax evasion and opaque offshore tax havens are well known for the economic wreckage that results when countries cannot collect legitimate taxes due. A new report pegs the global tax gap at $427 billion.

While it seems like 2020 has been one long disaster, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stepped up to offer some filing relief for those who are required to file a 2019 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) who have been hit...

One thing to remember about committing a tax crime—it doesn’t always happen to someone else.

One form of tax relief could lead to another form of tax enforcement. If you have recently received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), it would pay not to ignore it.

In a complicated scheme spanning years, a Kansas man used payday loan debt to make money and committed tax fraud along the way.

Maintaining some of your wealth through the use of an offshore tax haven can be a good strategy for growing and shielding your money. Americans living abroad routinely use foreign financial institutions for their banking and savings needs. Part of ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently unveiled its traditional Dirty Dozen Scam list.Let’s take a look.

After a long-running EU tax litigation, a recent decision strikes down an earlier ruling requiring that Apple pay almost $15 billion in taxes because of its preferential tax relationship with Ireland.

A tip concerning tax fraud or a tax crime to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can pay dividends to whistleblowers. How does that work?