Tax Law Blog

Sentenced to prison, restitution, and fines, a Utah man admitted to filing fraudulent tax returns to cover millions of dollars in receipts from his illegal firearms business.

A Denver business owner recently pleaded guilty to tax evasion. She used her companies income and accounts to directly pay for her personal expenses. She filed false returns and left her accountant in the dark. 

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...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was recently accused of “flagging too many legitimate tax returns as potentially fraudulent.” The accusations were made by a taxpayer advocate within the agency, who also stated that “taxpayers are unduly burdened...

A business man and his accountant have been indicted on a laundry list of tax violation charges including filing false corporate tax returns, failing to file a corporate tax return, evading individual income tax liabilities, corruptly endeavoring to...

Robotic voice with an imperious tone? Check. Demand for money? Check. Issuing a threat to make your life miserable? Check. It might well have seemed reasonable to an Ohio man that the voice message he had on his phone was from an authentic Internal...

As many football fans from Cleveland to Chicago and beyond know, the NFL is tax-exempt. Or it was until recently when the league announced that it is relinquishing its tax-exempt status due to negative perceptions the status generated.

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One of the many things that makes the U.S. a great nation is that we have the freedom to express our opinions, even when those opinions run counter to official government policy. For instance, people are free to argue that the federal income tax is...

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Federal and state governments have numerous programs that provide aid to retired, unemployed and disabled workers. Programs like Social Security, Social Security disability and Medicare are funded in part by employee payroll taxes. To ensure for the...