Tax fraud

Late M&A banker Jean-Marc Forneri’s Swiss lawyer and wealth manager were found guilty of helping him conceal assets and dodge taxes in a French crackdown on those who facilitate financial crime.

Facing an indictment on tax charges in the U.S., McAfee had been in Spanish custody since October.

Just print n’ pay; all hair stylists are alike; risky business; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Two-state two step; primed for prison; contemptible; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

An Atlanta-area accountant was indicted on charges that he conspired to promote fraudulent tax breaks through land conservation deals that are the focus of a growing Internal Revenue Service crackdown.

Bait, switch and threaten; power corrupts; Herbal remedy; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Private wealth clients, hedge fund managers and cryptocurrency traders fleeing to Puerto Rico for its huge tax breaks — and to escape President Joe Biden’s proposed capital gains tax increases — are now the focus of a sweeping Internal Revenue Service review.

The Biden administration has proposed requiring the collection of data on foreign cryptocurrency investors active in the U.S., aiming to bolster international cooperation to help in a broader crackdown on tax evasion.

A crook named Kusok; more holes than a Swiss cheese; anti-social media; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The senator is proposing to nearly triple the IRS’s budget to help identify wealthy individuals who are evading taxes.

The U.S. Treasury Department estimated that wealthy taxpayers as a group are hiding billions of dollars of income, a conclusion that aims to bolster the Biden administration’s call for Congress to approve expanded IRS funding and broad new financial-transaction reporting requirements.

The Biden administration is also calling for banks to report on account flows to help boost tax-payment compliance.

Expensive expenses; just a suggestion; examination concluded; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Regulating preparers, modernizing old tech and beefing up cryptocurrency reporting would yield $700 billion, according to a new report.

The ARP and local aid; advocating for higher taxes; a question of dependency; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Royal pain; collect yourself; hard Impact; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Most at risk are taxpayers whose earnings aren’t reported to the IRS by an outside source like an employer or brokerage firm.

The Internal Revenue Service has picked TaxBit, a Salt Lake City-based company, as a subcontractor to help it do data analysis and tax calculations for audits of taxpayers with cryptocurrency.

Lawmakers are considering giving the IRS additional funding and authority to expand its tax enforcement operation.

Hundreds of IRS employees are cracking down on syndicated conservation easements, with 28,000 taxpayers under examination.