Tax Law Blog

Anytime is a good time for a tax scam, but fraudsters often take special advantage of periods of high economic or community instability.

The Criminal Investigation unit of the IRS (IRS-CI) collaborates with international partners to identify, investigate, and prosecute a variety of crimes around the world.

A Miami business man will spend two years in prison and still owe a tax bill of almost $10 million.  There has to be a better way.

If you have a foreign bank account, hopefully you have heard about FATCA. FATCA enables the long arm of the US Treasury to require foreign entities to report offshore tax monies and assets held by US taxpayers to that agency.

In response to the COVID-19 crises, the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act gives business owners and individual taxpayers some relief from the sudden shock of a stalled economy. In addition to understanding...

A new British levy is expected to raise £100m to fund anti-money laundering efforts in the United Kingdom.

Relieving some stress on a country devastated by viral illness, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pushed back the traditional filing dates for income tax returns this year.

While some may glaze over at the thought of another annual report, the latest report from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Unit (IRS CI) offers a little something extra—a backward glance at 100 years of tax crime fighting since...

Indicting two Chinese nationals, the Department of Justice (DOJ) pulled back the curtain around ongoing North Korean efforts to subvert sanctions and fund missile programs through massive tax crimes involving stolen cryptocurrency.

Whether as employee or employer, taxes are a permanent workforce expectation.  Here is the lowdown on the types of schemes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regards when initiating a civil tax audit or criminal tax investigation.