Tax Law Blog

In a last-minute deal, Columbian pop star Shakira settled her case involving criminal tax charges brought by Spanish prosecutors.

As we usher in the new year of 2024, it's the perfect moment to wrap up our IRS: CI Top Ten Tax Fraud list. To round off the year, we'll delve into the number one tax fraud from the IRS: CI's compilation of the most notable tax frauds in 2022.

Stolen personal identifying information (PII) allowed an international crime ring to obtain millions of dollars in tax refunds from the U.S. Government.

An athlete and businessman drew the number four spot on the IRS: CI list of top prosecutions of 2022.

While it sounds odd, agents of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sometimes assess tax penalties before checking with their supervisor first. The Taxpayer Advocate recently commented on the issue.

Once again, Deutsch Bank finds itself in the U.S. Federal Reserve’s gunsights for its failure to fix its anti-money laundering (AML) practices. This time, it is costing them $186M.

Tax laws apply to everyone as one celebrity high-flier recently learned when he pled guilty to tax fraud.

The temptation is too great—a business owner siphons employment taxes to fund the business or his lifestyle. You may be falling behind on paying over withholding taxes right now, but are convinced no one will notice. But what if the IRS already...

As common as it is, tax fraud is still a shock to unsuspecting investors. In this scam, at #8 on the IRS: CI list of top litigated matters last year, a California man lived high off the investments of others for years before law enforcement moved in.

A Nevada tax preparer grew his business through forgery and identity theft--and then sold his puffed-up preparer business to an unsuspecting buyer.