Tax-related court cases

Tax attorneys who didn’t file, 19 suspended preparers in Maryland, and other highlights of recent tax fraud cases.

A California tax prep office is robbed, plus our weekly roundup of tax fraud cases.

A new report on the Internal Revenue Service OPR enforcement efforts says it's catching up on much of its backlog.

What would happen if the current brick-and-mortar standard continues to survive in an increasingly Web-based world?

Fraudster faces charges for soliciting taxpayer info for false returns, plus other highlights of other recent cases.

The shock jock inadvertently aired a private call with an Internal Revenue Service employee on his Sirius XM radio show in 2015 and is now facing a lawsuit.

Judge grants leniency to Swiss banking customer for cooperating with prosecutors.

The Justice Department wants to send a stern message by sending tax cheats to prison, but some U.S. judges have opted for a softer approach.

Using your late mother’s Social Security number for fraud, and other highlights of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The U.S. Tax Court began holding hearings this week on a long-running case involving the Internal Revenue Service and pop star Michael Jackson’s estate.

Businesses that never existed, students who never went to school, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Husband and wife who supplied information to the IRS were entitled to a full 24 percent of the “collected proceeds,” not just tax restitution.

$24,000 in EITC due diligence fines and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A congressional staffer faces incarceration every weekend for a year, and a Pittsburgh ice rink that didn’t pay its employment taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice outlining special procedures for handling the estates of same-sex couples.

The value of different color pens to tax fraudsters, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A tax preparer charged with video voyeurism, as well as some more run-of-the-mill false medical and dental expenses in this week’s roundup of (loosely) tax-related cases.

Stealing from Toys for Tots, inflated refunds, Honduran birth certificates and more from our favorite recent cases.

Despite the absence of regulations from the Treasury, the done still had to get a statement from the charity at the time the gift was made.

Supreme Court lets stand a Colorado law that imposes reporting requirements on internet retailers.