Tax Law Blog

A criminal defense attorney in Lousiana is finding out how his clients might feel after he entered a guilty plea to tax evasion this week. He owes the governement almost one million dollars after ten years of willfully evading his taxes. The...

A Louisana couple who runs a convenience store and check cashing business were sentenced for Conspiracy and Filing False Tax Returns last week. The pair worked with several co-conspirators to cash fraudulent tax refund checks while charging an...

Sometimes the Internal Revenue Service makes mistakes and accuses innocent people of wrongdoing. Sometimes people make mistakes and must pay large fines or even serve time behind bars.

Without a word, paintings can tell profound stories of love gained, battles lost, tragedy and triumph. It is possible that an art historian and consultant recently indicted on allegations of tax crimes is uniquely qualified to choose which...

The Department of Justice's Tax Division has come down on a dentist from Nevada with a 13 month prison sentence for tax evasion.  According the DOJ press release, the case went as follows:

The Internal Revenue Service claims that about 1 out of every 6 taxpayers fails in one way or another to comply with the tax code. If the federal agency’s estimate is accurate, you might reasonably expect the numbers of tax-related arrests to be...

Outlaw country music had its roots in rockabilly, blues, honky tonk and the twang and swagger of traditional country music. Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson were the greatest stars of the outlaw movement, but one of...

Not reporting online sales has landed a Brooklyn, New York, business owner in a heap of trouble.  Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division has announced that more than $650,000 in income from...

There’s an old song that says that you shouldn’t tug on Superman’s cape, and you should never spit into the wind. We can add another bit of wisdom to the list: Don’t file false tax returns.