Tax fraud

Fraud from the ground up; coding crook; and the nominees are; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration cautioned taxpayers to stay on “high alert” next tax season so they don’t fall prey to criminals who pretend to be employees of the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department.

Now for the clients; ‘the crimes were serious’; the jailed and the dead; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A High Court case examines what, exactly, ‘impeding or obstructing’ the IRS means.

CPA skims half a mil; rough ride; makeup fake-up; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Fund manager David Gorton sued a U.S. law firm for fraud after its lawyers convinced him to buy into a carbon-credit investment that they had an undeclared financial interest in, according to a London lawsuit.

Lots of loot, lots of cars; figures that didn’t add up; Fast time; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Declining manpower continues to sap the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to pursue criminal cases, as the number of new investigations dropped by 11 percent over the past year and recommendations for prosecution fell by 18 percent.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning Wednesday to taxpayers and tax professionals about a new email scam targeting Hotmail users in which the thieves try to steal personal and financial information.

Virtual currency owners experiencing the thrill of record high values should take note that the IRS is stepping up enforcement.