Law and legal issues

Repeat-offender preparer pleads guilty; false filing among many charges in $3 million fraud; Belize accounts; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A federal court has barred a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service by two former top executives at Sprint over tax shelters promoted by Ernst & Young because the suit failed to qualify for a waiver under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Inflating and stealing refunds, three sentenced for faking Scheduled C figures; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has settled a lawsuit with MF Global’s bankruptcy administrator for an undisclosed sum.

A French firm claims it is continuing to build its network in defiance of Andersen Tax's legal claims.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a revenue procedure permanently establishing a process for quickly resolving IRS audits after pilot-testing it in recent years.

The scam included a bogus $1 million charitable donation and fibs to his own accountants.

A district court found a Texas physician responsible for paying a tax penalty on funds loaned to his own medical practice.

The Summa Holdings ruling may be part of a broader push back against the doctrine.

The tax-fraud case may leave the Swiss bank open to a fine of as much as 4.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion).

An ITS preparer sentenced, an injunction for ‘serial tax fraud,’ and other highlights of recent cases.

A pair of former PricewaterhouseCoopers employees received reduced prison sentences after they exposed the secret tax breaks offered by Luxembourg to some multinational companies such as Apple, Ikea, Walt Disney, PepsiCo and Microsoft’s Skype.

Tax attorneys who didn’t file, 19 suspended preparers in Maryland, and other highlights of recent tax fraud cases.

One contender for the defunct Big Five firm’s moniker and legacy accuses its rival of “ego, arrogance, lies and greed.”

A California tax prep office is robbed, plus our weekly roundup of tax fraud cases.

A company calling itself Arthur Andersen announced it has reconstituted the former Big Five firm in 16 countries, but its rights to the brand are being challenged by another firm that took the Andersen name in 2014.

A new report on the Internal Revenue Service OPR enforcement efforts says it's catching up on much of its backlog.

The Texas firm is adding a consultancy that specializes in performing economic analyses for commercial legal disputes and litigation support.

What would happen if the current brick-and-mortar standard continues to survive in an increasingly Web-based world?

Fraudster faces charges for soliciting taxpayer info for false returns, plus other highlights of other recent cases.