Tax Law Blog

Offshore tax havens, foreign bank accounts, and shell companies are legitimate tools often used for wealth management, asset protection, and tax planning. For many, these strategies provide essential support in navigating complex global financial...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently concluded its collaborative Summit offering recommendations and awareness of current criminal trends to tax professionals.

Each year, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) presents legislative recommendations to Congress as part of its Annual Report. TAS recently delivered its recommendations for 2024 to the legislature.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is synonymous with tax collection and tax enforcement. The enforcement unit within the IRS that investigates and pursues tax crime is called Criminal Investigation (IRS:CI).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation into tax crime around the pandemic-era Employee Retention Credit program is in high gear and looking into fraudulent claims. Processing of legitimate ERC remains ongoing at a slow pace.

Erin Collins, the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA), recently took the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to task for an unprocessed backlog of 500,000 tax fraud cases.

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) compiles a list of prominent tax schemes that scammers use to exploit individuals and businesses. These schemes can arrive through email, text messages, and even traditional mail. This year, the IRS has...

Involvement in tax fraud can lead to serious financial penalties and prison. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses specific terms to discuss and investigate fraud which are worth understanding from a compliance and litigation perspective.

The Dirty Dozen list from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is an annual service that offers a heads-up to taxpayers of hot tax crime scams. The list also alerts those involved in these frauds that the IRS is paying attention and may catch up to...

If you know your tax returns or FBAR report do not quite add up, it is helpful to understand how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may look at potential action against you.