Employment Tax Fraud

Yesterday the IRS announced the results of a nationwide two-week “education and enforcement campaign” regarding employment tax compliance. For several years, the IRS has made employment tax compliance a top
Continue Reading Internal Revenue Service Reveals Results of Two-Week Employment Tax Compliance Campaign

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
Continue Reading DOJ’s Prosecution of Health Care Exec Illustrates Unique Intersection of Securities & Employment Tax Fraud Schemes

With less than two weeks until the April 18 deadline for filing individual federal income tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing stern warnings to
Continue Reading As Tax Day Approaches, Justice Department and IRS Turn Up Heat on Potential Tax Cheats

2000px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice_svgEnsuring that employers collect and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service taxes withheld from their employees’ wages is one of the highest priorities of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
Continue Reading Justice Department Sends Stern Warning to Employers With Continuing Crackdown on Employment Tax Fraud