Tax Law Blog

In testimony before the House, IRS Commissioner Rettig provided an update on the significant processing backlog at the Internal Revenue Services (IRS).

An IRS civil tax audit can be a slippery slope toward a far-reaching IRS criminal tax investigation. If you understand the process, you may have a better chance of avoiding a criminal tax charge.

While “tax fraud” is often considered a catch-all phrase, the term describes a particular type of tax crime involving fraud and willful intent.

Any kind of criminal charge is serious. If you are aware of an allegation of tax crime in the offing, speaking with a defense attorney who specializes in criminal tax matters is critical.

The nephew of former Chicago mayor Richard Daley was recently convicted on seven federal tax charges.

Does deciding not to report income earned off the table really matter? It is not like stealing—or adding a fictitious dependent, right? What exactly constitutes a tax crime to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?

To the big surprise of no one, Credit Suisse is back in the headlines after a whistleblower leaked information about 18,000 Swiss bank accounts.

For a number of reasons, you may be interested in opening a foreign financial account. Stateside, it is pretty easy to open a bank account but offshore, it pays to know a little bit about the system.

Sometimes an employment tax dispute is more than that. For a New York businessman, stashing the payroll taxes became a habit, and then a tax crime.

Whether you live abroad or stateside, there are advantages to using foreign bank accounts. Like offshore tax investments, it is important to know what you are doing, and to be aware of potential downsides of these types of accounts.