Tax Law Blog

If you are tagged by the Internal Revenue Service for failure to file a tax return, or your annual FBAR, you have stepped into something that is both a noun and a verb—a tax controversy.

If you have a choice between retaining legal counsel or taking on the IRS by yourself, what is your best option?

One thing to remember about committing a tax crime—it doesn’t always happen to someone else.

A recently proposed rule posted in the Federal Register by the Department of Labor (DOL) aims to clear some of the murkiness around who is, and who is not, an employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).The new rule may help...

One form of tax relief could lead to another form of tax enforcement. If you have recently received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), it would pay not to ignore it.

Many people get caught up in allegations of tax fraud. Recently the king of Philadelphia Cheesesteak and his son were indicted for filing false tax returns and other criminal tax charges.

A pyramid is a stable, solid form. As a payroll tax scam though, it is pretty shaky.

In what is sure to be a long and winding road, the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, has gone into exile for what appears to be concern over eventual prosecution for tax crimes.

Most of us would not intentionally commit tax fraud. Being convicted of filing fraudulent tax returns can put a crimp in your professional life, not to mention the possibility of going to prison. Yet, some people commit tax crime without even...

For just a little while, about 150 businesses and taxpayers in Rhode Island held a little bit of the Magic Kingdom in their hands. Their tax refund checks were co-signed by none other than the Big Mouse himself, Mickey Mouse, and his creator Walt...