Legal Watch
The latest tax crime cases, including developments at the Supreme Court and in state courts around the country. Follow the latest tax litigation and legal decisions from the Tax Court.
IRS to Serve Summons at Wells Fargo Looking for Offshore Accounts at CIBC FirstCaribbean
A federal court in San Francisco has entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service to serve a summons seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce FirstCaribbean International Bank, seeking records of FCIB’s U.S. correspondent account at Wells Fargo. Read more »
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Tax Scam Targets Elderly Texans
December 18, 2012Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state is investigating a fraudulent tax return scheme... Read more »
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Ex-Congressman Gets Year in Prison for Hiding Income
December 11, 2012Former U.S. Congressman Wester Cooley was sentenced to a year and a day in prison following his... Read more »
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Supreme Court to Hear DOMA Case with Tax Implications
December 10, 2012The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases challenging the constitutionality of the... Read more »
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Minnesota Tax Court Judge May Have Judicial Writer’s Block
December 5, 2012The Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards has made a formal complaint against the state tax... Read more »
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IRS Takes over Lindsay Lohan’s Bank Accounts
December 3, 2012The Internal Revenue Service has reportedly seized actress Lindsay Lohan’s bank accounts... Read more »
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Ex-Ernst & Young Lawyers’ Tax-Shelter Convictions Reversed
November 30, 2012Two former Ernst & Young LLP tax attorneys, Richard Shapiro and Martin Nissenbaum, won reversal... Read more »
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Same-Sex Couples Should File Protective Refund Claims
November 27, 2012A recent federal appeals court decision has same-sex couples taking note. In Windsor v United... Read more »
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Bronx Tax Preparer Charged with Claiming $7M in False Deductions
November 21, 2012A Bronx tax preparer has been charged with 46 counts for filing tax returns with the Internal... Read more »
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New Jersey Tax Preparer Gets 18-Month Sentence
November 21, 2012A New Jersey woman who owned a tax preparation business was sentenced to 18 months in prison for... Read more »
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CPA Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
November 19, 2012CPA and tax preparer Jeffrey B. Travis has pleaded guilty to bank fraud involving a scheme to... Read more »
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Splitting Tax Refunds May Lead to Fraud
November 15, 2012The option of allowing taxpayers to split up their tax refunds into different accounts has... Read more »
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CFP Board Chair, Two Board Members Resign After Investigation
November 2, 2012The board of directors of the CFP Board of Standards announced the immediate resignations of... Read more »
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CPA Convicted for Claiming He was a Marriage Counselor
October 26, 2012A Santa Barbara-based CPA who claimed on his Web site that he has appeared as a tax and financial... Read more »
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Strip-Club Fees Aren’t Tax-Exempt, New York Top Court Rules
October 24, 2012A New York strip club can’t claim a tax exemption on entrance and performance fees on the... Read more »
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Women in Accounting: Where are the Leading Ladies?
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Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh sat down with managing editor Tamika Cody to discuss some of the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.
IMA’s Jeff Thomson on the Role and Skills of Management Accountants
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Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons.
Breaking out of Molds to Get Ahead
May 6, 2013
ConvergenceCoaching partner Jennifer Wilson talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about how female accountants can position themselves better for a promotion at their firms.
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Top 10 Tech Initiatives -- 2013
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The AICPA's annual list of IT priorities for accounting firms.
Common E-mail Security Mistakes
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These five bad habits can make your confidential information -- and that of your clients -- easy to steal.
The Art of the Tax Cartoon
April 9, 2013
A selection of tax cartoons from Philly tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti's 'Finding Humor in Taxes' exhibit.
