Tax Law Blog

Recently released, the IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Annual Report offers an inside peek at the workings of the financial and criminal tax investigation activities of the IRS.

Understanding the differences between tax fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering is important—especially as IRS enforcement continues to expand. These terms are often used interchangeably, but each offense carries unique elements, penalties, and...

On New Year’s Day, a new rule goes into effect impacting people who use PayPal, Venmo, or other digital payment apps for transactions.

Ensuring your payroll taxes are promptly paid is a key compliance issue for businesses of all sizes.

An esteemed university professor--renowned as an expert in organized crime, author, and consultant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United Nations--yielded to the siren song of tax fraud and is headed to prison.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is ubiquitous.As a constellating force on Tax Day and an omnipresent regulatory enforcer, the IRS truly is nationwide—with boots on the ground in more than 20 regional offices across the country.

It is a story involving wealth, payroll tax issues, failure to file tax returns, and even a truffle business. What it does not talk about is the real victims of tax crime.

State tax laws sometimes do not make sense to Ohio business owners. But NASCAR is taking its business tax disagreement to the Ohio Supreme Court.

The leader of the largest union in California was arrested on criminal tax charges among other allegations.

Let’s say you have committed tax fraud—for years. Whether it was false income tax returns, payroll tax issues, or other potential tax crime, you know you did it. Fear of the IRS eats at you as you try to enjoy your family and your future—knowing...