Tax fraud

Higher education; tough stains; don’t Betta on it; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, who made his name as a fierce critic of President Donald Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury in California on three dozen charges, including a new claim that he stole millions of dollars from a paraplegic client’s settlement.

Revenue officers visited nearly 100 businesses suspected of having serious issues with employment tax compliance.

Customer service and bothersome clients; SALT works-in-progress; time needed for Trump’s returns; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The number of taxpayers who reported they were victims of identity theft fell 71 percent between 2015 and 2018, thanks to coordination between the IRS and its Security Summit partners.

Zapped; drug deals; doing the deduction shuffle; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Finance Committee, chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are asking the Internal Revenue Service to crack down on the people involved in the recent college admissions scandal.

The service names its annual ‘worst of the worst’ tax scams.

Four-time loser; the thieving IRS; addresses and debit cards; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee launched a probe into a tax scam that siphons billions of dollars away from the federal government.