Tax Law Blog

A Newington, Connecticut, insurance salesman was convicted of tax fraud in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in Hartford following a seven-day jury trial, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the...

A Germantown, Tennessee, resident and business owner pleaded guilty to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced:

Audit roulette is not as inevitably deadly as Russian roulette, but if you wind up getting audited, you might feel the difference between the two is not significant. Audit roulette is when a taxpayer knowingly underpays the Internal Revenue Service...

Today, I am sharing the article below posted from the United States Department of Justice that may hit home for some business owners. Don't forget that the IRS means business when it comes to tax fraud. If the IRS cannot secure your tax returns, it...

For a short while, the cast of the reality TV show "Jersey Shore" were objects of fascination, with a couple of them achieving household name recognition. The MTV show aired for just three years -- from the end of 2009 to the end of 2012 -- but cast...

Most of our readers understand that certain kinds of mistakes raise red flags at the Internal Revenue Service; and when those crimson flags fly, audits are kicked off. Common red flags include the following: earning lots and lots of money, claiming...

Back in April 2015, we alerted that the DOJ was starting a new program as part of its relentless pursuit of not only taxpayers who have unreported offshore holdings, but also the banks harboring the assets and concealing the names of accountholders....

The United States Department of Justice reports that a Subway Franchisee and gas station owner plead guilty this past week to failing to report over $6 million in income between the years of 2008 and 2014.

For longtime fans of kickboxing, Dennis Alexio is a familiar figure. The former world champion left not only indelible marks on his opponents, but on viewers of his matches as well. Alexio is remembered as the man who wore a grass skirt while...

It's a three-hour drive west of Cleveland to Fort Wayne, Indiana. That's where two men are facing criminal charges of conspiring to commit tax evasion and tax fraud. The men are owners of Electric Vehicles Inc.