Tax Law Blog

It was an interesting scheme but will ultimately cost a New Jersey man six years of his life behind bars.

For businesses faced with tough economic conditions and mounting debt, bankruptcy may be an option.

Tax evasion and opaque offshore tax havens are well known for the economic wreckage that results when countries cannot collect legitimate taxes due. A new report pegs the global tax gap at $427 billion.

If you receive a letter from the IRS, there is a decent chance it is a “soft  letter.” What exactly is that supposed to mean and what should you do about it?

Sometimes, tax fraud takes the form of schemes and scams that take advantage of taxpayer funded programs like Medicaid.

The road toward a golden passport to the EU just got a little bumpier.

In keeping with its promise to pursue high-ticket tax offenders, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a 39-count indictment against Robert Brockman, a Texas billionaire and CEO of Reynolds and Reynolds, an Ohio-based software company...

If you are tagged by the Internal Revenue Service for failure to file a tax return, or your annual FBAR, you have stepped into something that is both a noun and a verb—a tax controversy.

One thing to remember about committing a tax crime—it doesn’t always happen to someone else.

The sitting president of the United States reports he is unable to provide his taxes to the American people because they are the subject of a tax audit. If you are contacted for a civil tax audit, are you looking at a decade of tax hassle? Probably...