Tax fraud

The service’s annual list of the worst tax scams, frauds and general bad behavior.

The decline in the number of IRS criminal investigators has led to a drop in cases sent to the Justice Department.

The new authentication process that was installed after a big data breach still isn’t protecting taxpayer info.

The Internal Revenue Service warns virtual currency users they need to disclose gains on their tax returns.

Stopped for Speedy; hitting the Breaks; Interior motive; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service cautioned practitioners to be on the alert for the re-emergence of a cybercriminal scam that is helping fuel a dramatic uptick in reports of stolen information from firms.

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning tax professionals to safeguard their information from identity thieves.

Scheming from coffee shops; disbarred and behind bars; AOTC on 3,000 returns; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is winding down its program to entice wealthy Americans who hid money abroad to come forward and take an amnesty deal—but if you’re a tax evader, or simply clueless, don’t think you’ve been spared.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday it plans to close the 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on Sept. 28, 2018 and will start winding it down before that date.

Bogus W-2s; dependents, complete with numbers; underreporting supplemental money; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Implications of Kill Quill; Oscar, Oscar, Oscar; Sec. 199A questions; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Status guilty; felony charges dropped against New York CPA; sales fails; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

As the newest cooperator for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the former Trump campaign aide gives prosecutors a powerful weapon in a tax-related case.

The Special Counsel filed conspiracy and false-statement counts against the former campaign official.

A former top aide to Donald Trump could be cooperating with the Special Counsel’s investigation.

The former Trump campaign chairman and his onetime deputy were indicted for fraud as the U.S. Special Counsel mounted a fresh attack to strengthen his legal pressure against the men.

International schemes sought millions; an asset shuffle; time’s up for temp agency; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

HSBC Holdings Plc said it could face penalties exceeding $1.5 billion stemming from multiple investigations into claims that its Swiss private bank unit helped clients evade paying taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to tell nearly half a million victims of identity theft last year their information was being used by others for employment purposes, according to a new report, which attributed the failure to a computer programming error.