Tax

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Facebook Inc. will stop routing advertising sales of its largest U.K. clients through Ireland, increasing its British tax bill by millions of pounds in a bid to improve transparency after facing criticism on tax avoidance.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Treasury Department to provide tax relief to the cross-border savings accounts of U.S. and Canadian citizens.

Despite government disapproval, corporate inversions still have fans

With cases of identity theft and tax fraud increasing almost exponentially, tax preparers should educate their clients about the dangers they face in having their information compromised, according to executives at several credit monitoring and identity protection services.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting said it has been selected by the Internal Revenue Service to provide tax law and expert guidance and analysis handbooks to support the IRS staff in their research responsibilities.

Many estate planners recommend that clients create trusts for various reasons, but problems can arise when the trustee is a family member who has no experience regarding the responsibilities of a trustee.

Many of the special personal identification numbers given out by the Internal Revenue Service to protect victims of identity theft may have been stolen, according to a security research site.

Handling the IRS, clients and the other frustrations of tax filing season