Tax Law Blog

An upswing in tax fraud around allowable tax credits continues to ensnare taxpayers and those promoting them.

An extensive fraud involving COVID-era relief programs ended with an unsealed indictment alleging four co-conspirators carried out the “nation’s largest COVID tax credit fraud,” along with an attempted murder of the ringleader to avoid exposure.

Some tax return errors are mistakes, some are not. How do you know where you stand with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if you think there is a mistake on your personal or business returns, or if you know there is an intended error on your tax...

The annual “Dirty Dozen” list of schemes and scams for this year reminds us to think twice before clicking, maintain vigilance with social media, and understand that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is watching for taxpayers who submit creative...

We continue our walk through the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS CI)  Top Ten tax crimes of 2024.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is encouraging taxpayers to obtain an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) as a necessary step to avoid tax fraud around tax returns.

Each year, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) presents legislative recommendations to Congress as part of its Annual Report. TAS recently delivered its recommendations for 2024 to the legislature.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation into tax crime around the pandemic-era Employee Retention Credit program is in high gear and looking into fraudulent claims. Processing of legitimate ERC remains ongoing at a slow pace.

Erin Collins, the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA), recently took the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to task for an unprocessed backlog of 500,000 tax fraud cases.

The annual IRS: CI Top Ten has returned, marking the ten most notable tax crimes of the prior year. First up is a French man going to prison in the U.S. for masterminding an international tax scam.