Law and legal issues

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.

Speedy time; embezzling from the dead; thousands in gold coins; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Preparer for illegal aliens pleads; wheat tricks; Ace goes down; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A former Julius Baer banker who leaked documents from a Cayman Islands subsidiary was cleared of breaking Swiss banking secrecy by Switzerland’s top court, creating possible problems for how the Alpine nation’s banks manage their foreign units.

In the wake of the TCJA and other legislative uncertainty, access to reliable information is more important than ever.

Surety you can’t be serious; Take Your Daughter to the Scam Day; God and tile work; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

10 states enacted economic nexus laws on Oct. 1 – and more are coming.

Services, stock, shenanigans; fuel for fraud; Mo’ plea; and other highlights of recent tax cases.