Tax fraud

Difficult and complex; $4,000 tax on $2 million; little horse sense; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Contemptuous; fashion misstatements; handwritten document; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve how it handles third-party requests for access to taxpayer information and electronic signatures from representatives such as CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys that could leave taxpayers at risk of identity theft, according to a new report.

The pandemic may encourage business owners to ‘borrow’ from the government.

Leniency in cancer case; rehab rip-off; repayment unlikely; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has completed its first settlement order with the operator of a syndicated conservation easement scheme as part of a broader crackdown on what the IRS views as abusive tax scams.

Philly fraud; under development; ran but couldn’t hide; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Credit Suisse Group AG faces a criminal probe amid suspicions it helped more than 2,600 clients to hide money in Swiss accounts, Belgian prosecutors said.

All in the family; unhappy motoring; youth movement; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Reaching across the Isle; room disservice; game of tag; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

In its first-ever annual report, the division shared its major focuses and top initiatives from FY 2019.

Uncivil behavior; my client did it; 15 worthless payments; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Father-daughter dance; long-distance relationships; this auction is closed; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Making partners bill; more distribution guidance; NATP winners; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Workin’ on the highway; school’s out; paycheck re-route; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was fired for kneeling on the neck of George Floyd until he died, sparking worldwide protests, has been charged with multiple counts of felony tax evasion over five years.

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected the service’s annual list of top tax scams.

Serious misStep; the taxman goeth; extra checks, please; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court struck down four more abusive syndicated conservation easement transactions last week, prompting the IRS to call on any taxpayer involved in such transactions who receives a settlement offer from the Service to accept it soon.

The controls over the pseudonym program used by Internal Revenue Service employees to protect their identities could be improved, according to a recent report.