Tax Law Blog

As we count down the top ten IRS:CI scams of 2023, crypto fans will be interested in #8, a defendant who manipulated blockchain tech to earn millions—and a prison term.

The annual IRS: CI Top Ten has returned, marking the ten most notable tax crimes of the prior year. First up is a French man going to prison in the U.S. for masterminding an international tax scam.

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

Identity theft and related tax fraud are an ongoing threat. An Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can help provide protection from return-related tax fraud.

An Illinois woman was sentenced for failing to file personal and business tax returns.

Tax fraud did not work out for an Ohio man who came up short in front of a federal jury.

The long arm of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tagged a Dutch tax professional in Italy for return to the U.S. to face charges of tax fraud involving high-net-worth celebrities.

There are a number of celebrities in the U.S. who have paid the price for tax evasion and tax fraud, including Martha Stewart, Willie Nelson, Alex Baldwin, and Nicolas Cage (with Hunter Biden’s eventual fate still in the offing). It seems that the...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reserves its Top Ten Tax Fraud list for notable schemes prosecuted in the past year. Number five is on the list likely for its national scale and sheer audacity.

In 2021, a document trove containing approximately 11.9 million records was leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Dubbed the “Pandora Papers,” disclosure of the documents continues to disrupt the opaque world of...