Tax

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

Tax issues surrounding marijuana

The Clinton Foundation is reportedly planning to re-file five years’ worth of tax returns after questions arose over donations by foreign governments to the charitable foundation run by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.

Bankrupt ex-billionaire Samuel Wyly told a judge it’s too soon for regulators to fret over what he’ll do with as much as $50 million from the planned sale of his family’s Colorado ranch, the site of six custom-built mansions.

Ontario’s government is ending tax breaks to film producers and other businesses as it looks to double savings to meet its target for a balanced budget in two years.

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

The House Ways and Means Committee released a new report Wednesday on the Internal Revenue Service’s declining level of customer service during the 2015 tax-filing season, blaming the IRS for diverting funds away from taxpayer service to finance other priorities such as implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The National Taxpayer Advocate has recommended that the reporting rules under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and for Foreign Bank Account Reports in effect be merged to simplify the duplicative disclosure requirements that make it difficult for American expatriates to have bank accounts in the foreign countries where they live.

New York City’s Museum of Sex hasn’t paid any sales taxes for four years and is now facing an $82,192 tax lien from state tax authorities.