Tax fraud

A congressional staffer faces incarceration every weekend for a year, and a Pittsburgh ice rink that didn’t pay its employment taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office ramped up the number of monetary awards it gave to tax tipsters in fiscal year 2016.

Scammers and cheaters make the tax prep process harder for the government, taxpayers and tax preparers alike. Professional practitioners shared what they would do to shut the criminals down.

The value of different color pens to tax fraudsters, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service, along with the state tax authorities and tax industry companies that are part of its Security Summit, issued a warning Wednesday to tax professionals to beware of a new two-stage scheme from cybercriminals who are posing as clients soliciting services.

A tax preparer charged with video voyeurism, as well as some more run-of-the-mill false medical and dental expenses in this week’s roundup of (loosely) tax-related cases.

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners in the tax preparation industry are improving their security measures ahead of the January 23 start of tax season.

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.

Stealing from Toys for Tots, inflated refunds, Honduran birth certificates and more from our favorite recent cases.

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