Tax Law Blog

A California man on the run for two decades after conviction for tax fraud has been sentenced to prison.

Maybe it was a payroll tax issue that got away from you. For some, it is foreign bank accounts used but not reported. Or—a large-scale tax fraud and you are just tired of looking over your shoulder for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Are you...

Payroll tax crimes are common and usually avoidable. The plight of one business owner highlights the federal obligation to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse is down for the count. The Zurich-based bank is being purchased by UBS, a longtime competitor of Credit Suisse and the largest bank in Switzerland.

A couple files a false tax return and then tries to cover up the refund they received as a result.  What could possibly go wrong?

A Nevada tax preparer grew his business through forgery and identity theft--and then sold his puffed-up preparer business to an unsuspecting buyer.

The European Parliament (EU) has voted to strengthen its ability to “unshell” companies suspected of tax evasion.

IRS:CI has a unit that responds to specialized areas of tax crime. The International Tax and Financial Crime (ITFC) group focuses on fraudulent activity involving offshore tax holdings, financial institutions, and foreign bank accounts.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has many departments, one of them being the Criminal Investigation (CI) unit. This department serves the U.S. by investigating criminal financial crimes such as tax fraud, money laundering, identity theft scams,...

Recent media reports about corporations skipping out on their federal tax obligations could not have come at a worse moment. Structured, long-term arrangements whereby multinational companies use offshore tax jurisdictions to reduce or eliminate...