On January 12, 2021, please join members of Fox’s Tax Controversy team for a review of recent developments in federal tax controversy and civil and criminal tax enforcement, as well
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Fox Rothschild Attorneys to Present at PACDL’s Annual White Collar Conference
Fox Rothschild attorneys Ryan T. Becker and Matthew D. Lee will be speaking next week at the annual White Collar Practice conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense
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Hot Topics in Tax and Money Laundering Viewed Through the Lens of United States v. Paul Manafort
On November 16, 2018, Matthew D. Lee will moderate a panel at the annual White Collar Practice seminar sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. With the Special
IRS in the Offing? Marinello Limits Tax Obstruction Prosecutions
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee have authored a Journal of Taxation article entitled “IRS in the Offing? Marinello Limits Tax Obstruction Prosecutions.” In their article, Ian and Matt
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Charles Rettig – From Private Practice to President Trump’s Nominee for IRS Commissioner
The White House released a statement on February 8, 2018 that President Trump nominated Charles Rettig as the new Commissioner of Internal Revenue Code for the remainder of a five
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With Tax Season Fast Approaching, IRS Secures Guilty Plea in High-Profile Tax Case Involving Reality TV Star “The Situation”
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the nation’s tax season will begin on Monday, January 29, 2018. As is typically the case, the annual opening of tax season is
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BNA Reports That Tax-Zapping Software Costs States $21 Billion in Taxes Annually
BNA’s Michael J. Bologna and Paul Shukovsky have written a comprehensive article about a pervasive problem facing state tax auditors: the use by restaurants and other cash-intensive businesses of electronic
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Connecticut Announces Arrest of Restaurant Owner for Using “Zapper” Tax Suppression Software
Connecticut’s Department of Revenue Services (DRS) has arrested and charged a New Haven restauranteur with various offenses for using sales tax suppression software. According to a press release announcing the
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No Rest for the Weary: Offshore Tax Evasion Crackdown Continues with Flurry of Mid-Summer Activity
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
DOJ’s Prosecution of Health Care Exec Illustrates Unique Intersection of Securities & Employment Tax Fraud Schemes
In a recent criminal prosecution of a medical doctor/entrepreneur for defrauding his company’s shareholders, the government employed a novel theory of securities fraud premised, in part, upon the defendant’s failure
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