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- 2013.04.11: Tax Preparers Beware! 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Tax Refund Suit Due to Inability to Prove Timely Filing of Amended Return
- 2013.03.20: Prominent Tax Attorney Found Liable for Civil Tax Fraud Penalties Due to Finding of "Willful Blindness" to Underreporting of Income
- 2013.03.06: Streamlined Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) Filing Compliance Procedure FAQs Issued by IRS for Non-Resident Taxpayers
- 2013.01.28: San Diego Used Car Dealer Sentenced in Tax Fraud Case
- 2012.12.03: Treating Employees As Independent Contractors Results in Criminal Tax Conviction
- 2012.11.12: CPA Firm Dissed by 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 2012.10.23: Foreign Bank Accounts and the Failure to File Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBARS) May Be the Death Knell of the 5th Amendment
- 2012.10.10: California Tax Lawyer Enjoined From Providing Tax Advice or Preparing Tax Returns
- 2012.09.10: IRS Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR), TD F 90-22.1 FBAR Relief for Non-Residents With Offshore Bank Accounts--Too Little Too Late
- 2012.09.04: Criminal Tax Case Involving Offshore Bank Accounts Leads to Lawsuit Against U.S. Billionaire
- 2012.08.30: Offshore Bank Account Whistleblower Released from Prison
- 2012.08.17: Former UBS Client Charged with Failure to File FBAR
- 2012.08.14: Tax Evasion Conviction Affirmed by Seventh Circuit
- 2012.08.08: Builder's Tax Problems are a Springboard to Criminal Tax Charges
- 2012.08.06: Preparers' Tax Fraud Affirmed by the Fifth Circuit
- 2012.07.19: Internal Revenue Service's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Censures Tax Attorney
- 2012.07.16: Denise Rich, Ex-wife of Marc Rich, Expatriates
- 2012.07.02: IRS Provides Half-Baked Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) Relief for Some Offshore Account Holders Who Live Overseas
- 2012.06.27: California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) To Issue 475,000 Tax Levies for Delinquent Tax Debts
- 2012.06.21: 2011 FBAR Filing Date Reminder
- 2012.06.15: Grammy Winner Faces Criminal Tax Charges
- 2012.06.13: Offshore Bank Account Owners at Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG (LLB) May be In Trouble
- 2012.05.22: IRS Does 180 on Offers in Compromise! "Pennies on the Dollar." Is it Back?
- 2012.05.14: Criminal Tax: Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion vs. Failure to File Tax Returns
- 2012.05.08: Tax Fraud: Criminal Tax Conviction For Failure to Pay Payroll Taxes Upheld
- 2012.04.02: Tax Fraud: Even a Small Tax Deficiency Can Result in a Civil Tax Fraud Penalty
- 2012.03.23: Failure to File FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Report) for Offshore Funds Leads to Seizure of Over 4.6 Million Dollars From Alaska Plastic Surgeon
- 2012.03.15: Tax Fraud Penalties Upheld First By Tax Court, Then by Ninth Circuit
- 2012.03.02: FBAR Non-Filers Beware: Either Tax Fraud OR Filing a False Tax Return Can Result in Deportation
- 2012.02.06: Quick Tips on Offshore Bank and Financial Accounts
- 2012.02.01: Failure to Pay Payroll Taxes Leads to Criminal Tax Charges
- 2012.01.26: Swiss Bank Clariden Leu to Turn in Its U.S. Clients
- 2012.01.20: California State Board of Equalization (BOE) Continues Offensive Against Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
- 2012.01.13: Innocent Spouse Relief Gets A Bit Easier in IRS Notice IR 2012-8
- 2011.12.23: More Swiss Banks to Turn Over Offshore Bank Account Information to IRS?
- 2011.12.21: Felony Criminal Tax Charges Filed Against New York CPA for Non-Payment of Trust Fund Taxes
- 2011.12.20: Felony Criminal Tax Prosecution Goes Forward
- 2011.12.14: IRS Fact Sheet 2011-13 (FS -2011-13) Much Less FBAR Relief Than Reported
- 2011.11.22: Tax Problem Attorney Blog Named to Top 20 Tax Law Blogs List
- 2011.11.18: Swiss Bank Account Holders of Exposure for Tax Fraud and Failure to File FBARs Is Greater Than Ever
- 2011.11.11: Swiss Bank Account Information To Be Turned Over by Credit Suisse
- 2011.11.10: Tax Problem Attorney Blog Nominated for Top 20 Tax Law Blogs of 2011
- 2011.11.10: California Man Convicted of Tax Evasion Based in Part on a False Offer in Compromise (OIC)
- 2011.10.22: Tax Attorneys , CPAs, IRS Officials Speaking at UCLA Tax Controversy Institute on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011
- 2011.10.11: Swiss Banks to Turn Over Possible Tax Evaders to IRS
- 2011.10.03: IRS Touts Progress on International Tax Evasion
- 2011.09.23: Tax Lawyer Convicted of Aiding and Abetting Tax Evasion
- 2011.09.12: Lack of Funds Not a Defense to Criminal Tax Fraud Charges
- 2011.09.06: More Tax Problems for U.S. Citizens with Foreign Bank Accounts in Israel
- 2011.08.26: Breaking OVDI FBAR News
- 2011.08.03: OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility) Disbars a CPA, and an Enrolled Agent under Circular 230 for Failure to File Tax Returns
- 2011.07.21: FBAR Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI) Tax Amnesty Countdown
- 2011.07.19: Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) OVDI Deadline Extended--Sort of
- 2011.07.07: HSBC India Foreign Bank Account Client Indicted on FBAR (Foreign Bank Account) and False Tax Return Charges
- 2011.06.30: Foreign Bank Account Reporting Deadline Today
- 2011.06.23: U.S. in Settlement Talks with Swiss Banks Holding Offshore Bank Accounts for U.S. Persons
- 2011.06.13: Foreign Bank Account Related Statute of Limitations
- 2011.06.07: FBAR OVDI FAQ Changes for Ex-Pats Are A Big Improvement
- 2011.04.09: IRS Targets Offshore Account Holders at HSBC India
- 2011.04.08: California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Has New Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative (VCIT) Part 1 of 2
- 2011.04.05: 75 Percent Civil Tax Fraud Penalty Imposed on Dentist On Top of Criminal Tax Evasion Sentence
- 2011.03.31: When a Swiss Banker or Tax Advisor Runs Afoul of the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Problems For His Clients Are Likely to Follow
- 2011.03.28: UBS Cooperation with IRS leads to Criminal Charges Involving Offshore Bank Accounts
- 2011.03.25: Tax Attorney Blames OCD for Failure to File Business Income Taxes
- 2011.03.23: "Little Fockers" Star has Tax Liens for $433K in Back Taxes to IRS, State of California Franchise Tax Board
- 2011.03.21: Failure to File FBARs for Swiss Bank Account Costs Defendant $500,000, possible 3 Years in Prison
- 2011.03.15: Wesley Snipes to Serve 3 Years for Failure to File Tax Returns
- 2011.03.14: Hotel Developers Charged with Tax Evasion Involving Swiss Bank Accounts
- 2011.03.14: Southern California IRS Revenue Agent Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
- 2011.03.09: Payroll Tax Problems Cannot be Solved by Payment after Criminal Tax Charges Filed
- 2011.03.05: Swiss Bankers Face Indictment over Alleged Criminal Tax Evasion Involving Offshore Accounts
- 2011.02.08: FBAR Tax Amnesty--- The Next Generation
- 2011.02.02: Offshore Tax Fraud Scheme Fabricated Stock Losses to Offset Gains
- 2011.02.01: Prominent Civil Rights Lawyer Disbarred after being Convicted of Tax Evasion, Bankruptcy Fraud & Money Laundering
- 2011.01.28: Payroll Tax Problems best Handled by Experienced Business Tax Attorney
- 2011.01.25: FBAR Tax Amnesty--Round Two
- 2011.01.20: Woman Convicted of Tax Evasion in Smallest Case Stemming from Government Crackdown on Offshore Accounts
- 2011.01.17: Julius Baer Offshore Bank Account Information To Be Released
- 2011.01.07: FATCA Impacts Offshore Bank Accounts (Part II)
- 2011.01.04: FATCA Impacts Offshore Bank Accounts (Part I)
- 2010.12.21: IRS Tax Problem Tips
- 2010.10.31: Bust of Bogus Tax Relief Company in Beverly Hills a Reminder to those Dealing with the IRS to seek Advice of Qualified Tax Lawyer
- 2010.10.29: IRS Files Summary Judgment in FBAR Case
- 2010.10.18: IRS Loses Big in FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Report) Case
- 2010.10.10: Hotel owners first to be convicted of tax fraud under government's crackdown on offshore bank accounts
- 2010.09.02: Tax Lady Roni Deutch’s Tax Resolution Company Sued by Attorney General
- 2010.08.06: Swiss Tax Attorney Indicted for Offshore Bank Account Advice
- 2010.07.16: Credit Suisse Next on the FBAR Tax Fraud Hit List?
- 2010.07.12: IRS FBAR Net (Noose?) Tightens to Include Offshore Bank Accounts at HSBC
- 2010.07.01: Age is No Bar to Offshore Bank Account Prosecution
- 2010.06.25: FBAR Confusion Reigns. Financial Interest in Offshore Bank Account Definition Stumps Many
- 2010.06.18: UBS Offshore Swiss Account Voluntary Disclosure Enters Endgame
- 2010.06.09: UBS Offshore Tax Fraud Case Takes Another Twist
- 2010.05.21: IRS Says it Will Subpoena CPAs
- 2010.05.13: Offshore Bank Account Problems to Expand Likely to Asian and Carribean Banks
- 2010.05.11: FBARs and More FBARs
- 2010.05.03: UBS FBAR Indictment Illustrates Tax Problems Exacerbated by Lack of Attorney Client Privilege
- 2010.04.23: HSBC Offshore Bank Account Holders Indicted
- 2010.04.16: Seven UBS Clients Charged with Hiding over $100 Million in Secret Swiss Bank Accounts
- 2010.04.15: UBS Swiss Bank Account Owner Pleads Guilty to Failure to File Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBARs)
- 2010.04.14: Part-Time Bookkeeper Not an Independent Contractor
- 2010.04.08: Another Round of Offshore Bank Account Tax Fraud Cases Begins
- 2010.03.25: Tax Lien Foreclosure Moves Forward on Home
- 2010.02.22: Criminal Tax Problems for HSBC Customer Who Failed to File FBARs
- 2010.02.11: Deportation for Tax Fraud and Other Tax Crimes
- 2010.01.22: UBS Offshore Account Owner Wins Case Against Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- 2010.01.20: Taxpayer Advocate Reports Tax Liens as Serious Tax Problem
- 2010.01.20: California Income Tax Evasion Charged
- 2010.01.13: IRS Issues Fact Sheet on Filing Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBARs)
- 2010.01.13: Swiss Court Finds Certain UBS Disclosures of Offshore Accounts Illegal
- 2009.10.05: Offshore Tax Havens, Tax Fraud and Senator Carl Levin
- 2009.10.01: IRS FBAR Tax Amnesty is a Good Gamble (Part II)
- 2009.09.30: IRS FBAR Tax Amnesty is a Good Gamble
- 2009.09.21: Tax Amnesty Offshore Voluntary Disclosure FBAR Deadline Extended
- 2009.09.14: Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- 2009.09.14: FBAR Tax Amnesty Deadline Looms
- 2009.08.20: UBS Tax Fraud Case Settlement Details Revealed
- 2009.08.17: Fourth UBS FBAR Tax Fraud Defendant Pleads Guilty
- 2009.08.13: UBS Offshore Tax Evasion Case Moves Closer to Disclosure
- 2009.08.10: UBS FBAR Update
- 2009.08.03: UBS FBAR Summons Case Settlement Reached
- 2009.07.31: Trial Looms in UBS Offshore Tax Evasion Case
- 2009.07.29: Offshore Account Information Still Wanted by the Internal Revenue Service to Pursue Alleged Tax Evasion
- 2009.07.21: Tax Amnesty Requests Result in 30 Questions to Offshore Bank Account Owners
- 2009.07.15: UBS Offshore Bank Account Hearing Delayed
- 2009.07.10: UBS Offshore Accounts to Be Protected by Swiss Government from IRS Tax Evasion Investigation
- 2009.06.30: FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Report TD 90-22.1) Tax Audits
- 2009.06.25: New Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) FAQs Issued
- 2009.06.22: Swiss Treaty Aims to Limit Offshore Tax Evasion
- 2009.06.16: International Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion Top IRS Priority List
- 2009.06.11: IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Issues Penalty Guidelines
- 2009.06.10: New Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) FAQs for Tax Amnesty Expected Shortly
- 2009.06.09: Tax Fraud Results in 22 Years and $181 Million
- 2009.05.27: Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBAR) and Voluntary Disclosure
- 2009.05.19: Offer-In-Compromise Down Payment Requirement Could be Repealed
- 2009.05.08: Internal Revenue Service Issues FAQs on Offshore FBAR Voluntary Disclosure Program
- 2009.04.30: IRS Offshore Banking Probe Expanding
- 2009.04.29: New York City to Pursue Offshore Tax Evasion
- 2009.04.16: FBARs Must Be Filed By Non-Residents Who are Doing Business in the U.S.
- 2009.04.15: First Data Summonsed By Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to Turn Over Offshore Account Information in Continuing Tax Evasion Probe
- 2009.04.10: United States Tax Court Proposes Rule Changes Impacting Tax Litigation
- 2009.04.08: Economic Hardship Results in Innocent Spouse Status
- 2009.04.05: Foreign Bank Account Report Tax Penalty Chart
- 2009.04.03: IRS Files First UBS Tax Fraud Charges in Offshore Bank Account Case
- 2009.03.30: IRS Offshore Bank Account Amnesty Program Heavy Handed
- 2009.03.26: IRS Offers Break on FBAR Penalties for Offshore Bank Account Holders
- 2009.03.23: IRS Seeks to Proceed in Robert Allen Stanford Collection Due Process (CDP) Hearing
- 2009.03.18: California State Board of Equalization (BOE or SBE) Proposes Amendments to Resale Certificate Regulation
- 2009.03.17: IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Has New Director
- 2009.02.19: Marion Barry’s Tax Fraud Problems Continue
- 2009.02.19: UBS To Name U.S. Tax Fraud Clients
- 2009.02.18: Koko Taylor Sings the Tax Problem Blues
- 2009.02.18: UBS Offshore Account Tax Problems Continue
- 2009.02.17: Golfer Jim Thorpe Charged with Tax Fraud
- 2009.02.13: Payroll Tax Fraud Cases Expected To Increase
- 2009.02.09: California Franchise Tax Board Innocent Spouse Rules Change
- 2009.02.02: Tom Daschle Has Tax Problems
- 2009.01.28: Tax Problems Continue For Kerik
- 2009.01.28: IRS Investigation Into UBS Tax Evasion Case Expands
- 2009.01.13: Non-Payment of Payroll Taxes Results in Tax Fraud Conviction
- 2009.01.09: IRS Taxpayer Advocate Issues Report
- 2009.01.06: Madoff Ponzi Schemes, Securities Fraud and the Internal Revenue Service
- 2008.12.19: IRS Revises Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) Form 90-22.1
- 2008.12.12: IRS Signs Tax Treaty with Lichtenstein
- 2008.11.10: State Board of Equalization Sales Tax Audit Can Lead to Other Tax Problems
- 2008.10.30: Independent Contractor or Employee Brochure Release by IRS
- 2008.10.20: Las Vegas Real Estate Broker Pleads Guilty to Impersonating IRS Agent
- 2008.10.13: California BOE Sales Tax Audit Program
- 2008.10.13: UCLA Tax Controversy Institute Taxpayer Advocate Panel
- 2008.09.10: Expect IRS Payroll Tax Crackdown
- 2008.08.22: Disqualified Employment Tax Levy
- 2008.08.20: Innocent Spouse Relief Granted to Mayor Alioto's Wife
- 2008.08.01: Tax Evasion by UBS and LGT Detailed in Senate Report.
- 2008.07.31: Taxes Problems for Actor Paul Hogan
- 2008.07.18: Tax Evasion and Swiss Banking Giant UBS
- 2008.07.10: Income Tax Evasion Scheme Thwarted By IRS
- 2008.07.02: Tax Evasion and Tacos
- 2008.06.13: Innocent Spouse Relief Granted by Tax Court
- 2008.06.10: Innocent Spouse Relief Available Despite Incomplete Adminstrative Record
- 2008.06.05: Tax Fraud Scheme Alleged by IRS
- 2008.05.30: IRS Tax Fraud Charges Upheld
- 2008.05.16: Southern California Tax Return Preparer Convicted of Tax Fraud
- 2008.05.15: Innocent Spouse Relief Not Permitted by Ninth Circuit
- 2008.05.14: Criminal Tax Problems for Ex-New York Yankee
- 2008.05.08: Tax Fraud Involves NFL Players
- 2008.05.02: Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP) Upheld Against Both CFO and CEO
- 2008.05.02: Tax Court Collection Due Process Case Dismissed
- 2008.04.22: IRS Tax Audits of Small and Medium Size Businesses Increase
- 2008.04.16: Fraudulent Offer in Compromise Results in Tax Evasion Conviction
- 2008.04.15: IRS Innocent Spouse Relief Publication Released
- 2008.04.15: Tax Court Upholds Tax Levy
- 2008.04.15: IRS Has Problems With Tax Liens
- 2008.04.04: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Convicts Business Owner of Failure to Pay Payroll Taxes
- 2008.04.03: California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Lists Warning Signs of a Bad Tax Preparer
- 2008.04.02: Dennis Brager Quoted in the Daily Journal
- 2008.03.21: California State Board of Equalization (BOE) Loses Sales Tax Case
- 2008.03.07: Tax Return Preparer Penalty Procedures Announced by Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- 2008.02.29: Court OKs Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Levy on Couple’s Home
- 2008.02.21: California Employment Development Department (EDD) and Internal Revenue (IRS) to Collaborate
- 2008.02.17: Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Files Tax Evasion Charges
- 2008.02.15: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Appeals Officer Not Impartial
- 2008.02.14: Ron Isley Tax Evasion Sentence Upheld
- 2008.02.11: Tax Lien Release Regulations Issued by Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- 2008.02.04: California State Board of Equalization (SBE) Lists Largest Delinquent California Sales Tax Debts
- 2008.01.30: Tax Audits by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Up
- 2008.01.29: United States Tax Court Amends Rules for Access to Tax Documents
- 2008.01.26: Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP) Deadlines Shortened by Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- 2008.01.25: Tax Fraud Conviction Appeal Heard by Supreme Court
- 2008.01.25: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Payroll Taxes Collected from Sole Member of LLC
- 2008.01.22: Wrongful Levy Claim Instructions Provided by Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)
- 2008.01.22: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Payroll Tax Dispute with FedEx
- 2008.01.20: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Warns About Tax Preparer Fraud
- 2008.01.16: Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") Interest Rates Drops According to Notice 746
- 2008.01.11: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Extends Trust Fund Tax Express Installment Agreements Program
- 2008.01.08: California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Must Send All Notices to Taxpayers’ Last Known Address
- 2008.01.08: Offer in Compromise Rejected by United States Tax Court
- 2008.01.07: Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Taxpayer Advocate Releases Annual Report
- 2008.01.05: California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Tough on Missing Forms 1099 and W-2s
