Tax fraud

Jail for former IRS rep; ‘made-up’ income; Elite but guilty; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

No Silver Lining; $7 million in bogus credits; deducting bribes; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

In a new twist on an old scam, fraudsters are spoofing legitimate IRS phone numbers to demand payment on nonexistent bills.

A thousand returns and 45 bank accounts; ‘what to write and where to write it’; the Spirit was weak; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Off by $7 million; iPads and custom sofas; PEO rip-off; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to expand its efforts to detect tax refund fraud this tax season, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners in the tax industry and state tax authorities issued a warning Monday about a wave of e-mails from cybercriminals purporting to come from “IRS Refunds.”

All in the family; end of a Dream; more flags in Maryland; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

From the oven to the money market; 38 phony checks in a day; software firm scheme crashes; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Rapper and actor DMX was sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud for evading taxes from 2010 to 2016.

Some of the tax returns selected by Internal Revenue Service examiners for extra scrutiny didn’t have millions of dollars in refunds held last year as they were required to be, according to a new report, and in other cases the notifications weren’t sent to taxpayers.

Late receipt of wage reporting documents is reducing the capabilities of a new system for deterring tax cheats.

Tax professionals are doing their best to warn the public, but it’s a never-ending task.

A Supreme Court ruling frees taxpayers from the worry of ‘felonizing’ their return, experts say.

The service’s annual list of the worst tax scams, frauds and general bad behavior.

The decline in the number of IRS criminal investigators has led to a drop in cases sent to the Justice Department.

The new authentication process that was installed after a big data breach still isn’t protecting taxpayer info.

The Internal Revenue Service warns virtual currency users they need to disclose gains on their tax returns.

Stopped for Speedy; hitting the Breaks; Interior motive; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service cautioned practitioners to be on the alert for the re-emergence of a cybercriminal scam that is helping fuel a dramatic uptick in reports of stolen information from firms.