Tax Law Blog

In our continuing countdown of the top five list of high-profile and prominent investigations by the Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) in 2020, we bring you number three. This is the tale of a gentleman whose tangled web of dishonesty earned...

Avenues of response are important if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) suggests you have a payroll tax issue.

Tax fraud around employment taxes is easy to do, but the consequences are not easy to take when the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gets involved.

Two recent court rulings drive home the need to pay careful attention to FBAR filings—and the penalties that accrue if they are ignored.

There is troubled road ahead for businesses that rely heavily on outsourced gig work. In April, the U.S. Labor Secretary took a strong stance in support of employee classification of gig workers.

Help around the home can cost you if you consider your caregiver or housekeeper as an independent contractor.

The Queen of Soul left no will—or did she? One way or the other the Tax Man cometh.

The Internal Revenue Service is perennially concerned with employment taxes. There are a myriad of ways a payroll tax issue can quickly turn into tax fraud.

Tax fraud involving fraudulent tax returns takes down another tax preparer—this time an examiner for the IRS.

Two principals of the defunct law firm behind the notorious Panama Papers scandal sued Netflix for its allegedly defamatory depiction of them in the movie, “The Laundromat.”