Tax fraud

The latest scheme claims to need a taxpayer’s bank account information to direct deposit a stimulus payment.

Spreading the theft around; re-routed refunds; AIG loses, mostly; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The service is better at detecting identity theft in business tax returns, according to a new report, but it’s still letting many potentially fraudulent claims get through.

The U.K. financial regulator is investigating 14 firms and six individuals over their roles in the tax scandal known as Cum-Ex, according to a person with direct knowledge of the cases.

Gone Pro’s; various ways to fraud; oxymoron; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is now allowing tax advisors and taxpayers to fax the Form 8918, Material Advisor Disclosure Statement, as part of its response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Robert T. Brockman, a Houston software tycoon, was charged with using a web of Caribbean entities to hide $2 billion in income in what prosecutors called the largest U.S. tax case ever against an individual.

Three defaults and you’re out; scheme of several years; misstep by misstep; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Lost Horizon; crimes of Misdemeanor; Strachans plea; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

While transcripts are notorious for being complex, they can be incredibly helpful in the hands of tax professionals who know how to use them.

German lawmakers have called it the greatest tax heist in history.

Elusive cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee was arrested in Spain for tax evasion in the U.S.

Robert T. Brockman was just putting the finishing touches on a new private equity fund when worrisome news arrived. Law enforcement agents had raided the home of a tax lawyer in Texas who had worked for him.

GotTime.com; $1,600 a return; whole lotta hooch; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A Panama sentencing; ‘subcontractor’ mess; fun with funds; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Difficult and complex; $4,000 tax on $2 million; little horse sense; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Contemptuous; fashion misstatements; handwritten document; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve how it handles third-party requests for access to taxpayer information and electronic signatures from representatives such as CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys that could leave taxpayers at risk of identity theft, according to a new report.

The pandemic may encourage business owners to ‘borrow’ from the government.

Leniency in cancer case; rehab rip-off; repayment unlikely; and other highlights of recent tax cases.