Tax fraud

Speedy sentencing; WWTF; no longer Confident; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Cum-Ex was a tax-driven trading strategy in which a global network of bankers, lawyers and agents exploited loopholes on dividend payout laws across Europe to reap duplicate tax refunds.

Its investigators identified a scheme to improperly claim COVID relief tax credits.

The Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigators have been on the lookout for tax evasion by businesses that don't pay employment taxes.

Tax preparers who fail to take note of red flags and proceed with ERC calculations they know aren't reasonable, or fail to amend an existing claim, might face disciplinary proceedings.

Speedy decision; trouble in paradise; diplomatic imbecility; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A phish, a mill and a stroll overseas are just three of the 12 major scams the Internal Revenue Service identified for this year's rogues gallery.

Cum-Ex was a tax-driven trading strategy in which bankers, lawyers and others exploited dividend payout laws across Europe to reap duplicate tax refunds.

Disunion; cell phones; only the lonely; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Plus, Google is making massive changes to Chrome, AI-powered tax chatbots aren't performing well, and seven other things that happened in technology this past month.

The Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals to steer clear of so-called "spearphishing" scams from cybercriminals, including identity thieves posing as new clients.

Chief culprit; tag, you're it; trust them not; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The agency has indicted almost 800 people for COVID fraud, and has a 98.5% conviction rate.

Farming it out; short circuited; California dreamin'; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The revenue service accused Binance of nonpayment of VAT and company income tax, failure to file returns, and complicity in aiding customers to evade taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its whistleblower award form for tipping off the IRS about tax violations and applying for a monetary reward for the information.

The Internal Revenue Service's efforts to halt fraudulent claims for the Employee Retention Credit have protected more than $1 billion since the agency instituted a processing moratorium.

Dan Rotta, 77, was charged in Miami with hiding assets from the IRS in two dozen secret Swiss accounts between 1985 and 2020.

The gang's all here; not in good hands; lack of redemption; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is urging businesses that have filed claims for the Employee Retention Credit to make sure they didn't incorrectly claim the credit and to come forward if they did.