Tax fraud

The Internal Revenue Service has seen a proliferation in the past 24 hours of a phishing email seeking to steal tax practitioners’ usernames and passwords for the IRS's online services.

The second-largest Swiss wealth manager faces a sweeping tax evasion and money laundering investigation spanning five countries and potentially involving thousands of account holders.

Repeat-offender preparer pleads guilty; false filing among many charges in $3 million fraud; Belize accounts; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Two former chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee have re-introduced legislation to protect tax fraud whistleblowers from retaliation.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to deactivate its Identity Protection Personal Identification Number program after a data breach in May 2015 for nearly a year, despite repeated recommendations from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, according to a new report.

Inflating and stealing refunds, three sentenced for faking Scheduled C figures; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

More businesses are failing to remit payroll taxes, with 1.4 million employers owing approximately $45.6 billion in unpaid employment taxes, interest and penalties as of December 2015.

The scam included a bogus $1 million charitable donation and fibs to his own accountants.

The Summa Holdings ruling may be part of a broader push back against the doctrine.

The tax-fraud case may leave the Swiss bank open to a fine of as much as 4.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion).