Tax Law Blog

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for failure to turn over payroll taxes. Yet another business owner faces prison time for willfully failing to pay over payroll taxes, a common but tempting tax crime.

Voluntary tax compliance is a basic concept that underpins taxation in the United States. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) works to educate and encourage voluntary tax compliance, and most taxpayers do voluntarily comply.

Thirty-two-year-old Joel Caswell owned three businesses and employed 40 workers. He also engaged in identity theft, bank fraud, payroll tax fraud, and wire fraud until an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) criminal investigation pulled the plug.

COVID-era financial relief programs successfully helped small businesses survive the unprecedented strain of the COVID pandemic and also provided an opportunity for a lot of bad actors to help themselves to government relief funds.

Whether or not you believe the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reason to launch a criminal tax investigation into you or your business, recognizing signs that the IRS is showing interest is key to how and when you respond.

Money laundering, tax crime, and drugs were the backbone of a transnational criminal enterprise commanded by a defendant now looking at her next 20 years in prison.

If you are preparing for an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) income tax audit or are already involved in the examination, it is important to understand how a routine tax audit can evolve into a criminal tax matter and what circumstances under which...

If you have an interest in criminal tax matters, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) Annual Report is a great publication to check out.

Each year, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) releases its “Top Ten” list of the most significant criminal cases it has prosecuted. The list is not just a recap of bad behavior but it is a roadmap of what the IRS is...

A Dallas businesswoman took advantage of her company's payroll taxes, and it did not turn out well for her.