Criminal Prosecution, Tax Evasion, FBAR

Omissions, Fraud, or False Information on a Tax Return

Allen Barron, Inc. on 8/27/2025

What happens if you are accused by the IRS, the FTB, or another California tax agency regarding omissions, fraud, or false information on a tax return? The short answer is simple: failure to make a full, transparent, and...more

Is it Too Late to Correct Past FBARs and File Amended Returns with the IRS?

Allen Barron, Inc. on 11/20/2024

Is it too late to correct past FBARs and file amended returns with the IRS? The net is closing in on U.S. taxpayers with unreported or under-reported domestic and offshore income and assets. The IRS has increased audits in...more

Are you Thinking of Moving to Another Country - A Few Things to Consider

Allen Barron, Inc. on 5/31/2024

Are you thinking of moving to another country? Over the past decade, a record number of U.S. citizens have decided to live and work abroad. There are many issues you may not have considered that will impact any decision to...more

IRS Announces End to Foreign Bank Account Disclosure Program: What Can You Do Now If You Still Have Unreported Foreign Bank...

Burr & Forman on 3/23/2018

The IRS recently announced it will be shutting down its successful Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) for unreported foreign bank accounts and income. The program will end September 28, 2018. Under the OVDP, first...more

No Rest For The Weary: Offshore Tax Evasion Crackdown Continues With Flurry Of Mid-Summer Activity

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/31/2017

Dashing any thought that they were taking a hiatus from investigating and prosecuting taxpayers with secret offshore bank accounts and the bankers that helped them, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service have...more

Indian American Neurosurgeon Sentenced to Probation for Unreported Offshore Bank Accounts

BakerHostetler on 5/21/2013

On February 1, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin sentenced Arvind Ahuja, a Milwaukee neurosurgeon, to serve three years of probation and to pay a fine of $350,000 following his conviction by...more