Tax Law Blog

Tax crimes are not created equal. Better understanding of criminal tax charges helps refine your understanding of the actions that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finds objectionable—and why.

On New Year’s Day, a new rule goes into effect impacting people who use PayPal, Venmo, or other digital payment apps for transactions.

Ensuring your payroll taxes are promptly paid is a key compliance issue for businesses of all sizes.

An esteemed university professor--renowned as an expert in organized crime, author, and consultant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United Nations--yielded to the siren song of tax fraud and is headed to prison.

It is a story involving wealth, payroll tax issues, failure to file tax returns, and even a truffle business. What it does not talk about is the real victims of tax crime.

The leader of the largest union in California was arrested on criminal tax charges among other allegations.

Tax Day rolls around each year. If you have delayed or simply passed on filing your tax return, you may be surprised at the difficulties it can cause.

Let’s say you have committed tax fraud—for years. Whether it was false income tax returns, payroll tax issues, or other potential tax crime, you know you did it. Fear of the IRS eats at you as you try to enjoy your family and your future—knowing...

For some, the temptation to file a false tax return is too great to resist. After that, tax evasion can snowball. For one taxpayer, who was also employed by the IRS, the outcome could be prison.

A Florida man was arrested in September on criminal tax charges that stretch around the world.