Tax evasion

Caterpillar Inc., the bellwether U.S. equipment maker praised just last week by President Donald Trump, now finds itself a government target as federal tax and banking authorities raided its Illinois offices.

Budgetary constraints contributed to the continuing decline in caseload.

In this time of great upheaval in our nation’s history, find peace in the things that remain constant—one of them being that someone will always try to use taxes to steal money.

Judge grants leniency to Swiss banking customer for cooperating with prosecutors.

The Justice Department wants to send a stern message by sending tax cheats to prison, but some U.S. judges have opted for a softer approach.

Democrats on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee are objecting to a resolution from House Republicans to repeal recently finalized Treasury Department rules that would discourage corporate tax inversions.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking a new approach to tax compliance, with a series of 13 initiatives aimed at cracking down on tax evasion.

W-2 scams, e-mail scams, phone scams, and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers this week.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s revised guidance on transfer pricing to prevent base erosion and profit shifting will have minor administration costs for the Internal Revenue Service, although the impact on companies is uncertain.

$24,000 in EITC due diligence fines and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A Montana federal court has authorized the Internal Revenue Service to serve a summons on a Montana man on the use of offshore accounts in Panama tied to debit cards.

Bank agrees to pay $95 million to settle allegations it used underfunded shell companies to evade taxes, the second time since 2010 that it resolved a government tax case.

Teaching your nieces to file false returns; thousands of gallons of fake gas purchases; and other highlights of our favorite recent cases.

A whistleblower is claiming that JPMorgan Chase & Co. may have issues with the IRS over claims that the bank failed to tell wealthy clients it was steering them into its own funds.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.