Tax Law Blog

Claiming that he believed he was not required to file tax returns, a Nevada real estate broker is looking at some real time behind bars for his cheek.

A new report from the European Commission offers sobering facts about the amount of wealth held in offshore tax havens.

The scandal plaguing Danish Bank Danske took the life of the CEO at the helm, when the bank was used to launder an alleged $220 billion in funds from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Large multinational tech companies are the focus of new tax rules being negotiated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Against an ongoing debate over digital tax, tech giant Google paid France just over $1 billion to settle long-simmering claims of tax fraud.

Caught up in the ongoing IRS Swiss Bank Program investigation of undeclared foreign assets, Zurich Life Insurance Company agreed to pay the US $5.1 million to settle claims of offshore tax fraud.

While tax crimes are committed at all income levels, the media mainly focuses on tax controversies of the rich and famous. Well-known athletes are often rich and famous, ensuring them headlines when facing tax litigation. Soccer players are included.

The Paradise Papers strike again. One of the world’s largest companies lost a court battle over the release of tax secrets exposed in the Paradise Papers document leak.

It started with the discovery of false income tax returns. By August 2019, eight officials of United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler had been sentenced—and the investigation continues.

Just granted a brief bankruptcy litigation reprieve, the Sackler family is attempting to regroup after being identified as the moving force behind the American opioid epidemic that took approximately 47,000 lives in 2017 alone. On the hot seat for...