Tax Law Blog

The tax deadline is quickly approaching. This can lead some taxpayers to take a chance on a tax preparation service that they have not used in the past. Although this may lead to quick completion of your taxes, it could come with serious long-term...

Two people from Louisiana are currently ex-spouses and soon to be ex-attorneys. A pair of attorneys, and former husband and wife, plead guilty to failure to file their taxes for several years. They took cash payments for services rendered and failed...

You've certainly heard of the feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky. Now the Tennessee McCoys have settled a feud with the United States, or more specifically, the IRS. A husband and wife pair have recently please...

Yet another small business owner, this one specializing in installing audio systems for churches and corporations, is facing 15 months of jail time for bad decision making. The North Carolina man witheld employment taxes from his staff, but used...

A mother and son are facing a minimum of five years in jail after being found guilty of filing fraudulent corporate tax returns for their marketing business. They submitted false summaries of business expenses that included many personal items and...

A Pennsylvania attorney and co-owner of an ice rink facility will be spending some time in the penalty box for tax fraud. The man was sentenced to 48 months in prison after being convicted of failing to collect, account for and pay over employment...

The former CEO of Max International, a nutritional supplement manufacturer focused on enhancing cell function, was indicted this week for tax evasion. The Utah Attorney General believes Peter Nordberg was hiding commissions out of his home state to...

The Internal Revenue Service is interested in your coins. Not the loose change you keep in a jar, but the digital bitcoins you might own. The IRS is trying to get information from the popular bitcoin exchange known as Coinbase. The agency hopes the...

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...