Tax Law Blog

The Department of Justice's Office of Public Affairs announced the sentencing for former Arrow Trucking executive's involvement in a multi-million dollar tax fraud scheme:

Former CEO and president of Arrow Trucking, James Douglas Pielsticker, was...

As part of Fatca (The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act), a tax-evasion-detection program enacted in 2010, the following announcement of a new program to detect and thwart illegal tax avoidance has significant impact on foreign accounts.  You can...

Some readers who are long-time fans of country music will recognize the name of outlaw legend David Allan Coe. He wrote big hits for artists such as Tanya Tucker (Would You Lay with Me In a Field of Stone") and Johnny Paycheck ("Take This Job and...

We think new and regular readers of our Cleveland tax blog will find interesting a question-and-answer exchange between an attorney who doubles as a newspaper advice columnist and a reader of the Boston paper. The reader wrote in about his past tax...

No one wants to be the subject of a tax evasion investigation. Being accused of tax evasion can lead to significant fees and penalties. Even worse, however, it can lead to criminal tax evasion charges, which may result in jail time.

Unfortunately, a...

Tax evasion means jail time for many individuals. One couple is now looking at 15 years imprisonment for alleged tax evasion. What is unusual about this particular case is that the pair was running a tax preparation business.

When it comes to some celebrities, the phrase more money, more problems seems to definitely apply. The IRS doesn't care who you are or how famous you are. If the federal government believes you owe it money, it will take action to recoup the amount...