Daily Compliance News: May 7, 2025 the Private Lives Edition
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 58 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: IRS Investigations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Tax Audits, Investigations, and Global Enforcement - A Conversation with IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 28 - Under the Microscope: Examining the Future of the ERC
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 4 - Understanding the Employee Retention Credit
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 2 - Avoid Falling Prey: The Dirty Dozen and Other Trending Tax Scams
Argentina: A Look at the Case of Lázaro Báez - Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption and Tax Fraud
Podcast: Cum-Ex Dividend Trade Investigations
Spinning the Globe: When the Music Stops, the IRS Listens - Imagine standing on stage in Ibiza, Tokyo, or Miami, spinning beats to millions while pulling in seven figures per gig. That’s the reality for Dutch DJs Tiësto...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 18, 2024 – November 22, 2024. ...more
Taxes. Except for maybe the CPAs and tax professionals, the word alone elicits groans and sighs from even the most cheerful among us. While the necessity of taxes is rarely disputed, navigating the complex world of tax...more
Basic Rules - IRC § 6501(a) generally requires the IRS to assess tax within three (3) years after a tax return is filed by the taxpayer. There are two (2) notable exceptions to this rule under IRC § 6501(c) and (e),...more
On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Frank Richard Ahlgren III pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return underreporting gains from selling $3.7 million in Bitcoin. As we discussed...more
Would you risk prison time to avoid paying taxes? That’s a question Robert Hunter Biden, publicly known as "Hunter Biden," may have asked himself when he faced serious tax evasion charges recently. While the case...more
Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) brought USA v. Ahlgren, its first crypto case with tax evasion allegations unrelated to another crime, demonstrating the DOJ’s willingness to pursue stand-alone crypto...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 8, 2024 – April 12, 2024. April 8, 2024: The IRS released Internal Revenue Bulletin 2024-15,...more
El 10 de abril de 2024, como parte de su campaña de la Docena Sucia (“Dirty Dozen”) para 2024, el IRS emitió una advertencia a individuos de alto patrimonio con respecto a tres trampas fiscales diseñadas para ellos por...more
On 4/10/24, as part of its Dirty Dozen Campaign for 2024, the IRS issued a warning to High Net Worth Individuals regarding three tax traps designed for them by dishonest promoters and shady tax practitioners. High Net Worth...more
Two recent tax court cases paint an ominous picture for professionals and investors who participated in listed syndicated conservation easement transactions. Coming on the heels of the Fisher conviction and his lengthy...more
Thanks to a dramatic increase in funding courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced several new, high-profile enforcement initiatives designed to generate significantly...more
In this episode, we are joined by Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz, Senior Analyst with IRS Criminal Investigation. Special Agent Schnatz will discuss his work with an international law enforcement and tax compliance group, and...more
Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme - This week, the owner of a home health company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million scheme...more
What are the statute of limitations on an IRS audit and a California tax audit? There is a time limit, known as the “statute of limitations“, when the IRS and/or California must complete an audit of your tax returns. It is...more
IRS Awareness Campaign for the Summer 2023 focuses on data theft signs and the importance of staying alert against new and ongoing threats of tax-related identity in order to protect the taxpayer and the tax professional. ...more
Recent Government actions suggest that third-party promoters and potentially hundreds of taxpayers may be entering into abusive trust arrangements aimed at unlawfully eliminating or deferring federal income taxes....more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 18, 2023 – September 22, 2023. ...more
There has been a growing trend of US taxpayers contributing non-cash assets, such as appreciated property, securities and cryptocurrency, into Maltese pension plans since the US-Malta Tax Treaty went into effect in 2011....more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 30, 2023 – June 2, 2023....more
This is the second part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: crypto enforcement. The days of decreased IRS enforcement activity may be coming to a close. Although...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 5, 2022 – December 9, 2022...more
Taxpayers routinely ask me if they can go to jail for not paying their federal income taxes. Admittedly, the bar is not that high for felony tax evasion—the government must only prove three elements: (i) willfulness; (ii)...more
On September 21, 2022, the New York State Attorney General Tish James filed a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and the Trump organization alleging fraud and misrepresentation. The Complaint described a...more
The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS CI) is targeting tax preparers or the ones who prepare tax returns in 2022. IRS CI is focusing its efforts on tax preparers who underreport their clients’...more