Tax fraud

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.

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning tax professionals to safeguard their information from identity thieves.

Scheming from coffee shops; disbarred and behind bars; AOTC on 3,000 returns; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is winding down its program to entice wealthy Americans who hid money abroad to come forward and take an amnesty deal—but if you’re a tax evader, or simply clueless, don’t think you’ve been spared.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday it plans to close the 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on Sept. 28, 2018 and will start winding it down before that date.

Bogus W-2s; dependents, complete with numbers; underreporting supplemental money; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Implications of Kill Quill; Oscar, Oscar, Oscar; Sec. 199A questions; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Status guilty; felony charges dropped against New York CPA; sales fails; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

As the newest cooperator for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the former Trump campaign aide gives prosecutors a powerful weapon in a tax-related case.

The Special Counsel filed conspiracy and false-statement counts against the former campaign official.