Tax fraud

About a decade after Swiss bank secrecy laws started to crumble under the impact of a U.S. investigation, one of the last large lenders still entangled in the matter agreed to settle the dispute.

Nominees down under; 22 years of inaccurate returns; shell games; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Rick Gates, the star witness in Paul Manafort’s fraud trial, concluded his testimony Wednesday with high drama.

Paul Manafort’s former accountant was fired from a Virginia firm after she told the court she was aware that Manafort’s tax returns contained false information.

Paul Manafort’s former right-hand man, Rick Gates, broke his silence Monday and offered dramatic inside testimony about how wealthy Ukrainian businessmen used offshore accounts and shell companies to pay his boss millions of dollars for political consulting work.

The Internal Revenue Service doesn’t have a coordinated strategy in place to deal with unregulated tax preparers, according to a government report.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors walked the jury in the trial of Paul Manafort through records to back their claim that the former Trump campaign chairman deceived his own financial advisers to hide his foreign accounts and income from U.S. tax authorities.

U.S. prosecutors shifted away from showcasing Paul Manafort’s excesses and toward the core of their fraud accusations against him, offering evidence that he was deeply in debt as he submitted crudely altered financial statements to secure bank loans.

Thousands of victims, millions in refunds; bogus taxpayers in three states; the roof caves in; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Oh, Momma; investments and deductions; against the wall; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to strengthen its taxpayer authentication efforts to combat identity theft, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Exit jail right; EINs galore; old unReliable; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Images of Paul Manafort’s multimillion-dollar houses and elegant suits, along with his tax filings, loan documents and summaries of money from foreign sources, will be displayed to jurors when he goes on trial this month.

President Vladimir Putin’s offer to help the U.S. investigate alleged Russian election meddling, hailed as an “incredible” gesture by Donald Trump, included the same allegations made by a Kremlin-linked lawyer at a controversial 2016 meeting with top campaign officials of the future president.

Disabled, in foster care and deductible; no profits but thousands in expenses; conviction overturned; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is encouraging practitioners to secure their client data.

One, two, three, jail!; lack of class; Deepwater sentencing; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Select falsehoods; buffet of crime; unmerrie melodies; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Leaders of tax enforcement authorities from the five countries have allied to create the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (or J5), to collaborate in fighting international and transnational tax crimes and money laundering.

The Internal Revenue Service has been leading the charge on investigations of Bitcoin users, with more on the way now that it has access to information from at least 14,000 customers of Coinbase.