Tax-related court cases

The argument that its services were 'therapeutic' didn't cut it in court.

IRS experience is no shield from jail; $6 million in bogus deductions; ignoring injunctions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Preparer, politician, prisoner; fake losses and deductions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Imagine that you arrive home one day to find a letter from the Internal Revenue Service: “Dear Taxpayer: Although you paid your taxes in full four years ago, Congress has since decided to eliminate a deduction that you took at that time. The deduction was legal when you took it but isn’t legal anymore. We therefore require immediate payment of $10,000, the amount by which you benefited from the deduction that no longer exists.”

Fake financial instruments, 26 states and $9 million, and other highlights of recent tax cases.

False losses claimed; kids’ IDs for sale; ‘lavish lifestyle’ becomes eight months in jail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

They claim he perjured himself over previous work for the service, and his testimony should be stricken.

Maryland red lights more preparers; gambling with ill-gotten gains; deli defrauding; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Creative parking violations; scams at day care; “additional” cash fees; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Repeat-offender preparer pleads guilty; false filing among many charges in $3 million fraud; Belize accounts; and other highlights of recent tax cases.