Tax fraud

In a new twist on an old scam, fraudsters are spoofing legitimate IRS phone numbers to demand payment on nonexistent bills.

A thousand returns and 45 bank accounts; ‘what to write and where to write it’; the Spirit was weak; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Off by $7 million; iPads and custom sofas; PEO rip-off; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to expand its efforts to detect tax refund fraud this tax season, according to a new report.

All in the family; end of a Dream; more flags in Maryland; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

From the oven to the money market; 38 phony checks in a day; software firm scheme crashes; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Rapper and actor DMX was sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud for evading taxes from 2010 to 2016.

Some of the tax returns selected by Internal Revenue Service examiners for extra scrutiny didn’t have millions of dollars in refunds held last year as they were required to be, according to a new report, and in other cases the notifications weren’t sent to taxpayers.

Late receipt of wage reporting documents is reducing the capabilities of a new system for deterring tax cheats.

Tax professionals are doing their best to warn the public, but it’s a never-ending task.