Tax evasion

The Internal Revenue Service is winding down its program to entice wealthy Americans who hid money abroad to come forward and take an amnesty deal—but if you’re a tax evader, or simply clueless, don’t think you’ve been spared.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday it plans to close the 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on Sept. 28, 2018 and will start winding it down before that date.

Status guilty; felony charges dropped against New York CPA; sales fails; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

HSBC Holdings Plc said it could face penalties exceeding $1.5 billion stemming from multiple investigations into claims that its Swiss private bank unit helped clients evade paying taxes.

The chairmen of Congress’s main tax committees are calling on the head of the Internal Revenue Service to put in place screening procedures to make sure employees with serious conduct issues don’t receive bonuses, in response to a government report pointing to continuing problems in this area despite some progress.

Bighorn to the big house; rotten apple; in Dutch; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service, fresh off its success in uncovering U.S. assets hidden in Swiss banks, has assigned elite criminal agents to investigate whether Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being used to cheat the taxman.

That ain’t hay; Minnesota wins Super Bowl; driving preparers crazy; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Now filling a cell; no EFIN, no problem; cleaning up but not filing; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Nigeria’s finance minister plans to drag tax defaulters who don’t make use of an amnesty to court as she seeks funds to plug the nation’s $25 billion infrastructure gap.

Psychics gone bad; wrong numbers; cattle and veils; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, a member of the cast of MTV’s reality series “Jersey Shore,” and his brother Marc Sorrentino, have pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.

Gone Postal; five down in fraud; ‘saves me a lot of taxes’; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Fraud from the ground up; coding crook; and the nominees are; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Lots of loot, lots of cars; figures that didn’t add up; Fast time; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Virtual currency owners experiencing the thrill of record high values should take note that the IRS is stepping up enforcement.

For Carl J. Marinello II, the omnibus clause, or “uber” clause, in Code section 7212(a) had the effect of turning his failures to file tax returns over a period of years from misdemeanors into a felony.

Coinbase Inc. lost a bid to block an Internal Revenue Service investigation into whether some of the company’s customers haven’t reported their cryptocurrency gains.

A quarter million for phony work; pools, snow and fraud; bogus figures all around; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A former Swiss banker was acquitted of helping U.S. clients dodge taxes, dealing prosecutors a dramatic loss in their efforts to hold individuals responsible after the government successfully targeted financial institutions.