Tax Law Blog

What’s in a word? Tax terms can be confusing, but terms related to tax crimes must be clear when allegations are on the line.

The owner of a Deerfield accounting firm drew a prison term for preparing false tax returns—after he had already been tapped by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the same thing in 2018.

As tax season rolls around, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is again warning about the problem of tax preparer fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is encouraging taxpayers to obtain an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) as a necessary step to avoid tax fraud around tax returns.

The former senior vice president and general counsel of Moody’s (a financial services company that provides credit ratings, research, and risk analysis) was sentenced to prison for failure to file his tax returns.

Most companies offer basic benefits to their employees. Whether it's health insurance or wellness and retirement programs, business owners have a choice of what they want to provide and how much they want to pay for the perk.

Around and around it goes. A Florida financial advisor rolled the dice on fraudulent tax shelters, filing false income tax returns, and money laundering—and he appears to be heading for a reckoning.

Collection and payment of employment taxes to the U.S. Treasury funds programs like Social Security, Medicare, and federal unemployment. Failure to withhold and turn over payroll taxes can lead to a penalty against those responsible, which can be...

If it sounds too good to be true—it probably is. That is the message the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to communicate to U.S. consumers about unscrupulous pop-ups marketing Offers in Compromise (OIC) as an easy route to shedding tax debt.

A successful businessman crosses the line into employment tax fraud and is going to prison. A short but sadly common story for some individuals responsible for paying over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).