Tax Law Blog

To the big surprise of no one, Credit Suisse is back in the headlines after a whistleblower leaked information about 18,000 Swiss bank accounts.

For a number of reasons, you may be interested in opening a foreign financial account. Stateside, it is pretty easy to open a bank account but offshore, it pays to know a little bit about the system.

Sometimes an employment tax dispute is more than that. For a New York businessman, stashing the payroll taxes became a habit, and then a tax crime.

Whether you live abroad or stateside, there are advantages to using foreign bank accounts. Like offshore tax investments, it is important to know what you are doing, and to be aware of potential downsides of these types of accounts.

In a speech, the U.S. Treasury Secretary pointed out that the U.S. is a leader—in tax fraud and money laundering.

The Internal Revenue Service has once again provided its top ten list of the “most prominent and high-profile criminal tax investigations” of 2021.

With the move to remote work, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to work to deter and prevent cyberattacks on confidential taxpayer information.

Tax crime pays—for a while. A North Carolina couple recently learned how expensive tax fraud can really be.

Understanding how an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) civil or criminal tax audit is conducted can help if you are contacted by them.

In January, the National Taxpayer Advocate delivered the Annual Report of the agency to Congress.