Law and legal issues

From tax reform to Wayfair, to a new direction for audit and the ongoing impact of technology, here are some of the developments that shaped the profession over the past 12 months.

Can’t impersonate guilt; Breakthrough busted; married lawyers plead; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Experts see the state’s position spurring sellers to sit up and take notice.

Big bank shuffle; tax fraud smoked; asphalt, trees and evasion; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The proposal includes prohibitions on providing legal opinions and performing certain services for a contingent fee.

Flag on the play; $7,500 in fake doctors; money funneled through the pulpit; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Michael Lynch, the former chief executive officer of Autonomy Corp., stepped down Friday as an adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May after he was charged with fraud by the U.S.

Fish tales; from the general to the illegal; dinged; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

More than 1,100 women are seeking class-action certification in a lawsuit against the Big Four firm.

Sunset for a tax scheme; $4,000 in phony refunds per return; aging badly; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A Tax Court ruling highlights the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The Wayfair decision gave states the ability to start demanding billions of dollars in sales taxes from internet retailers that hadn’t been collecting them.

Walls of straw; fuel for fraud; silver and gold and evasion; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court upholds the IRS rejection of the ‘Blade’ star’s OIC.

Info direct from an IRS site; $15 million in phony refunds; school’s out; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A prosecutor at a high-profile Paris trial said UBS Group AG must be “punished” by a court for helping wealthy French clients hide money from tax authorities.

The court sided with the IRS and against the action star's legal appeal.

Ex-IRS agent gets four years; Select sentence; ticket to jail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The bank repeatedly attacked the credibility of witnesses and insisted it had no knowledge about clients evading taxes.

Escorted to prison; going to Disneyland; FATCA conviction; and other highlights of recent tax cases.