Tax Law Blog

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is synonymous with tax collection and tax enforcement. The enforcement unit within the IRS that investigates and pursues tax crime is called Criminal Investigation (IRS:CI).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation into tax crime around the pandemic-era Employee Retention Credit program is in high gear and looking into fraudulent claims. Processing of legitimate ERC remains ongoing at a slow pace.

If you have a foreign bank account, hold assets or have an interest in an offshore tax account, you are required to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). If you failed to file in the last year, the Internal Revenue Service...

Nonresidents of New York State may be asked to pay taxes if New York state decides they are spending enough time in the state to qualify.

If you work remotely in New Jersey for a New York employer, you can avoid the hassles of commuting and possibly congestion pricing if it is ever enacted. But you are probably still paying personal income tax to New York.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) routinely pursues scams and scamsters engaged in tax fraud.  The IRS also scrutinizes tax returns, annual financial reports, and other submissions for tax fraud.  So—what is tax fraud?

Each year, the National Taxpayer Advocate delivers an annual report to Congress. This year, the report includes 66 recommendations aimed at improving services to taxpayers, boosting taxpayer rights, and helping the IRS do its job better.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is investigating and targeting those who took inappropriate advantage of COVID-19 relief programs. If you filed a questionable Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claim, the deadline for disclosure by small businesses...

Tax migration—is it a thing in New York? A new report suggests maybe not.

The long-planned effort by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to recover taxes due from the wealthy is underway, already netting the agency more than half a billion dollars.