Tax Law Blog

Here in Ohio, we have had more than our share of eccentric politicians who have on occasion run into legal troubles. The list is fairly extensive, with three state representatives being convicted on various charges last year and another pair...

Cleveland small business owners know how difficult it is to keep the doors of a commercial enterprise open. Even people who devote every penny they have and every moment of their days know that many small businesses close within a year of opening.

It's a three-hour drive west of Cleveland to Fort Wayne, Indiana. That's where two men are facing criminal charges of conspiring to commit tax evasion and tax fraud. The men are owners of Electric Vehicles Inc.

According to the Department of Justice, an Alaskan plastic surgeon was recently convicted of tax evasion and wire fraud by a federal jury:

According to the Department of Justice, a Michigan Ferrari mechanic was recently sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion and failure to file income tax returns:

Just as April 15^th has come and gone, so too has October 15^th. Nearly everyone has filed last year's income tax return by one by of those two deadlines. Nearly. There are some folks who, for one reason or another, fail to file by April 15^th and fail...

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...