Tax Law Blog

He was first elected to the state legislature so long ago that Bruce Willis was just emerging as a movie star and the Beach Boys had one of the year's top hits. Yes, it has been a long time since 1988, which will undoubtedly make the transition to...

The Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice are on a never-ending crusade to end tax evasion. As part of their ongoing efforts, they recently announced proposals to make the banking system more "transparent."

The Department of Justice's Tax Division has come down on a dentist from Nevada with a 13 month prison sentence for tax evasion.  According the DOJ press release, the case went as follows:

Outlaw country music had its roots in rockabilly, blues, honky tonk and the twang and swagger of traditional country music. Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson were the greatest stars of the outlaw movement, but one of...

A lack of seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; given to undue levity: these are, according to the dictionary, essential components of frivolity. If there is one group of people who are not given to carefree levity, it’s the people who work for...

If you drive a little more than 500 miles straight south of Cleveland, you will come to Cleveland County in North Carolina. That is where federal agents recently raided the home of a man who has allegedly failed to pay taxes on the nearly $3 million...

The United States Department of Justice has announced that an Anchorage, Alaska, plastic surgeon concealed bank accounts in Panama and Costa Rica from the IRS. His 48 month prison sentence stems from wire fraud and tax evasion. Highlights from the...

A Newington, Connecticut, insurance salesman was convicted of tax fraud in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in Hartford following a seven-day jury trial, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the...

A Germantown, Tennessee, resident and business owner pleaded guilty to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced: