Tax Law Blog

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reserves its Top Ten Tax Fraud list for notable schemes prosecuted in the past year. Number five is on the list likely for its national scale and sheer audacity.

Increased risk and scammers contributed to the decision that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will discontinue unannounced visits to taxpayers who owe taxes or failed to file tax returns.

Longtime television personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley began the next chapter in their lives—apart and behind bars—after conviction on tax and financial fraud. The prosecution of the couple made the top ten list of IRS:CI for 2022, likely for the...

You may have been busy or decided you would just skip filing an income tax return a few years ago. Then it became a habit, and you have not filed in three years—is this a problem? Short answer? “Yes,” if you owed taxes in any of those years.

Tax laws apply to everyone as one celebrity high-flier recently learned when he pled guilty to tax fraud.

The temptation is too great—a business owner siphons employment taxes to fund the business or his lifestyle. You may be falling behind on paying over withholding taxes right now, but are convinced no one will notice. But what if the IRS already...

Several European countries are taking a close look at their financial institutions over a tax fraud scheme involving tax refunds on the sale of stocks.

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).