Tax fraud

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning taxpayers and tax professionals to beware of a new twist on an old scam.

Bad intentions; all adults here; pool party; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Over the last few years, captive insurance has become the tax shelter du jour for accountants and wealth planners looking to find ways to help their small business owner clients reduce their tax exposures. Now the IRS is cracking down on the scheme.

French toast; unsportsmanlike conduct; nailed; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Everybody out of the Pool; dying Embers; the House falls; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service could make better use of its data to ferret out abusive tax schemes involving charities and other tax-exempt groups, including syndicated conservation easements, according to a new report.

A TIGTA report found the IRS has trouble telling good claims from bad.

That’s Almorli; uniform justice; the cookie crumbles; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Mr. Unfreeze; Discount miscount; pity me, pity me; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service released a new set of tax gap estimates for tax years 2011, 2012 and 2013, indicating the tax compliance rate is mostly unchanged from previous years.