Tax evasion

Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg made $940,000 a year from 2011 to 2018, but much of that was “off the books,” Manhattan prosecutors claim.

And the nominees are...; junk mail; discredited; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is focusing on cryptocurrency tax evasion with virtual currencies like Bitcoin and nonfungible tokens, employing data analytics to uncover transactions that crypto users assumed were hidden.

Late M&A banker Jean-Marc Forneri’s Swiss lawyer and wealth manager were found guilty of helping him conceal assets and dodge taxes in a French crackdown on those who facilitate financial crime.

Facing an indictment on tax charges in the U.S., McAfee had been in Spanish custody since October.

Two-state two step; primed for prison; contemptible; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Private wealth clients, hedge fund managers and cryptocurrency traders fleeing to Puerto Rico for its huge tax breaks — and to escape President Joe Biden’s proposed capital gains tax increases — are now the focus of a sweeping Internal Revenue Service review.

The Biden administration has proposed requiring the collection of data on foreign cryptocurrency investors active in the U.S., aiming to bolster international cooperation to help in a broader crackdown on tax evasion.

The senator is proposing to nearly triple the IRS’s budget to help identify wealthy individuals who are evading taxes.

The U.S. Treasury Department estimated that wealthy taxpayers as a group are hiding billions of dollars of income, a conclusion that aims to bolster the Biden administration’s call for Congress to approve expanded IRS funding and broad new financial-transaction reporting requirements.

The Biden administration is also calling for banks to report on account flows to help boost tax-payment compliance.

Expensive expenses; just a suggestion; examination concluded; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Regulating preparers, modernizing old tech and beefing up cryptocurrency reporting would yield $700 billion, according to a new report.

The ARP and local aid; advocating for higher taxes; a question of dependency; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Most at risk are taxpayers whose earnings aren’t reported to the IRS by an outside source like an employer or brokerage firm.

The Internal Revenue Service has picked TaxBit, a Salt Lake City-based company, as a subcontractor to help it do data analysis and tax calculations for audits of taxpayers with cryptocurrency.

Lawmakers are considering giving the IRS additional funding and authority to expand its tax enforcement operation.

Hundreds of IRS employees are cracking down on syndicated conservation easements, with 28,000 taxpayers under examination.

Brian Kolfage, whose work with Stephen Bannon to raise money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall resulted in a federal fraud indictment last year, faces new tax fraud charges.

Morally bankrupt; pretend preparer; lack of faith; and other highlights of recent tax cases.