Tax Law Blog

Business owners face constant demands on their time and attention while bearing responsibility for compliance with tax and employment laws. Whether errors are accidental or deliberate, payroll tax mistakes can carry serious consequences, which is...

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

Payroll taxes are a requisite feature of owning or running a business. Employer payroll taxes also fund important social programs, making their collection and pay over to the U.S. Treasury an important enforcement priority of the Internal Revenue...

A recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation reflects the ease of employer tax crime and the serious consequences they create for both employees and business owners.

For many, self-employment offers opportunities and options not available in the traditional workforce. But with opportunity comes tax obligation.

Tax fraud does not pay—especially fraud involving employment taxes.

A recent Jacksonville, Florida tax crime offers a mashup of payroll tax fraud, shell company schemes, workers’ compensation fraud, and cooked books for good measure.

Business owners who unwittingly or deliberately misclassify employees can end up in an employment tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Avoid the inevitable confrontation by knowing the differences between an employee and a legitimate...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) puts enforcement of employment tax responsibilities at the top of its list. Discrepancies in reporting and payment of employment taxes can trigger a civil or even criminal tax audit.

Employers in the U.S. are required to collect employment taxes and pay them over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Not only that but responsible parties are expected to do so in a timely and correct manner. Not surprisingly, if there is an...