Tax fraud

The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office ramped up the number of monetary awards it gave to tax tipsters in fiscal year 2016.

Scammers and cheaters make the tax prep process harder for the government, taxpayers and tax preparers alike. Professional practitioners shared what they would do to shut the criminals down.

The value of different color pens to tax fraudsters, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service, along with the state tax authorities and tax industry companies that are part of its Security Summit, issued a warning Wednesday to tax professionals to beware of a new two-stage scheme from cybercriminals who are posing as clients soliciting services.

A tax preparer charged with video voyeurism, as well as some more run-of-the-mill false medical and dental expenses in this week’s roundup of (loosely) tax-related cases.

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners in the tax preparation industry are improving their security measures ahead of the January 23 start of tax season.

Bank agrees to pay $95 million to settle allegations it used underfunded shell companies to evade taxes, the second time since 2010 that it resolved a government tax case.

Stealing from Toys for Tots, inflated refunds, Honduran birth certificates and more from our favorite recent cases.

Teaching your nieces to file false returns; thousands of gallons of fake gas purchases; and other highlights of our favorite recent cases.

A whistleblower is claiming that JPMorgan Chase & Co. may have issues with the IRS over claims that the bank failed to tell wealthy clients it was steering them into its own funds.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The IRS and state tax agencies are warning tax professionals of the continuing threat from cybercriminals.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax stories.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

In July 2011, in response to growing public concern over employment-related identity theft, the Treasury General for Tax Administration announced that the Internal Revenue Service could do more to assist taxpayers by informing them if fraudulent income was being reported under their social security numbers.

The Internal Revenue Service alerted tax professionals Tuesday that over the next five weeks, it will send letters to some users of its online e-Services products informing them they will either have to go online or call the e-Services e-Help Desk to validate their identities, as part of the IRS’s battle against identity theft.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Donald Trump’s charitable foundation said on an Internal Revenue Service filing that it violated rules preventing leaders of nonprofit organizations from using a charity’s money to benefit themselves or other “disqualified” people.

When Credit Suisse AG pleaded guilty in 2014 to helping Americans cheat on their taxes, it promised to help the U.S. root out suspicious accounts. Now, U.S. investigators want to know why the Swiss bank neglected to tell them about $200 million in undeclared assets owned by an American client, according to people familiar with the matter.