Tax Law Blog

Despite a summer of political churn surrounding allegations against former campaign advisor Paul Manafort, the case really did turn out to be about taxes.

Precious metals have precious little value when your bars are on a cell and not made of gold. A man who sold precious metals via the phone, and collected commission on the sales, attempted to hide that income through shell companies. But much like a...

A recently released report looks at tax fraud convictions in the United States in 2017.

The Internal Revenue Service does not have to look hard to find tax fraud.  Recently another former IRS employee pled guilty to tax fraud and identity theft.

They say you "don't mess with Texas," but in this case they should change it to "don't mess with the IRS." A Houston attorney has been indicted in a complex tax scheme for trying to bring offshore funds back to the U.S. without paying taxes to the...

Throughout the United States, tax preparer fraud is big business—what do you need to watch for if you use an accountant or tax preparer?

We previously published an article that shared the story of a New York attorney that had been charged with funneling $3.5 Million from his deceased client's $35 Million estate through fake charities. He has recently plead guilty this crimes of...

Despite a duty to turn over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), some business owners are tempted to withhold that money. When they do—it can lead to an IRS audit, or worse, an IRS criminal tax investigation. For a Michigan man, a...

Who knows how to play the system better than those who work with it every day?  Sadly, the lure to gamble professional expertise for money proved too much for Alena Aleykina, a former special agent for the IRS Criminal Tax Investigation Unit.

In order to provide incentive to encourage use, exchange, provision, and development of alternative fuels, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offered a Biodiesel Mixture Credit. Two Colorado business entrepreneurs took advantage of the credit—and...