Tax fraud

EZ out; Totaled; to the cooler; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Leaders from the service’s Criminal Investigation unit and tax authorities from Australia, the U.K., Canada and the Netherlands met in Australia this week to set priorities in the fight against international tax crimes.

Internal Revenue Service officials said Wednesday they will be visiting approximately 800 taxpayers who earn over $100,000 a year and haven’t filed one or more tax returns in prior years.

The Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals and taxpayers to use the free, multi-factor authentication feature offered on tax prep software, as nearly two dozen firms reported data thefts so far.

Numbers game; we have a loser; scrapped; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Frivolous natures; debt of a salesman; tooth and justice; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The new resource includes what to do if you're the victim of ID theft, and advice for tax professionals.

The Internal Revenue Service has convinced nearly 80 percent of the taxpayers who received settlement offers after engaging in micro-captive insurance schemes to accept the settlement terms it recently offered them. But there are still thousands of other taxpayers who will be facing examinations.

Very deconstructive; snowboard job; matters of discipline; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Perfect mess; package deal; bad medicine; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and the Netherlands cooperated on gathering evidence, intelligence and information.

A little off the top; noted; over the Edge; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Taxpayer First Act protects a broad range of disclosures about potential violations of IRS rules or tax fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office made 181 awards to whistleblowers in fiscal year 2019, totaling over $120 million and collected more than $616 million.

Bad news; ’tis the season; injunction schmunction; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The average U.S. household is paying an annual surtax of more than $3,000 to subsidize taxpayers who aren’t paying all they owe, a new report from the Taxpayer Advocate Service found.

Fire away; from the Big Island to the big house; getting the lead out; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Foreign intrigue; stealing green; bringing it home; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Pelicon; far more than half; instant, speedy and guilty; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

CPAs gone wrong; on the waterfront; trooper tricks; and other highlights of recent tax cases.