Tax

The Swiss bank used by the convicted con man known as “The Wolf of Wall Street” agreed to pay almost $188 million to avoid prosecution for helping U.S. clients avoid taxes through such methods as providing untraceable gold bars and cash.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service and American Express teamed up Tuesday to give clients the option to receive tax refunds on an American Express Serve account.

State government debt is expected to reach $1.17 trillion in fiscal year 2016, but elected officials have no interest in raising tax rates or taking austerity measures. Instead, states will use three tools to expand their taxpayer base: pot, opacity and sufficient presence. Here is how the sales tax landscape may change in 2016.

An employee who worked in the IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service at a job assisting identity theft victims has instead been charged with running a $1 million identity theft tax fraud scheme.

H&R Block has planned a big money giveaway to lure clients to its offices this tax season.

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

Julius Baer Group Ltd., Switzerland’s third- largest wealth manager, said it expects to pay about $547 million to settle a U.S. investigation into how it helped Americans evade taxes.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A recent case in Michigan has created an unexpected twist in the brave new world of taxing software and services online.