Tax fraud

Madoff victims still wait; suing the IRS anonymously; where tax dollars go; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Bogus gifts, job expenses; ‘varying fees’ for fraud; Crazy skin game; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning Thursday cautioning taxpayers and tax professionals about a new scam revolving around the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, in which criminals are calling innocent taxpayers demanding they make an immediate tax payment through a prepaid debit card.

Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of failing to pay 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million) in taxes.

Cigars and nose jobs; ‘training’ to manipulate numbers; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is making strides in assisting victims of tax-related identity theft more promptly and making fewer errors on cases, thanks to a more centralized approach, according to a new government report.

More than 70 ministers and high-level representatives from countries around the world signed a tax treaty to prevent base erosion and profit shifting, but not the U.S.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its online registration system for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to allow foreign financial institutions to renew their agreement with the IRS.

Deep trouble for Deepwater scam; $6K in false HSH income; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

More than $1 million bilked in state taxes; dead wrongs; life goes on (trial); and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A federal court in Minneapolis has found Wells Fargo liable for a 20 percent negligence penalty for participating in a tax shelter sold by Barclays Bank that generated $350 million in foreign tax credits.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has concerns about the Internal Revenue Service’s recently revived private debt collection program in light of the ongoing problem of scammers pretending to be IRS employees calling taxpayers to demand bogus tax debts be paid immediately.

On Avenida Borinquen in San Juan, you can buy a DVD of “La La Land” or “Moonlight” for just $2. Cash only.

More expenses than wages; fake medical, education deductions; stealing from the elderly and veterans; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Three Republican lawmakers who chair key congressional committees and subcommittees related to tax policy have sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen asking about the IRS’s recent efforts to gain more information about users of Coinbase, the largest Bitcoin exchange in the U.S.

IRS experience is no shield from jail; $6 million in bogus deductions; ignoring injunctions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Preparer, politician, prisoner; fake losses and deductions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Fake financial instruments, 26 states and $9 million, and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A grand jury in Georgia has indicted an Internal Revenue Service employee for stealing taxpayers’ identities and filing for tax refunds with their names.

Eight people were arrested for impersonating Internal Revenue Service employees and calling innocent taxpayers to threaten them about bogus tax debts.