On Oct. 18, 2016, a federal judge sentenced a well-known Chicago restaurant owner to prison for carrying out an extensive scheme to avoid paying state sales tax collected from customers
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To Address Growing IRS Whistleblower Claim Backlog, DOJ Encourages Submission of Certain Larger, Credible Claims for Tax Division Review
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In order to assist the Internal Revenue Service in processing the mountain of whistleblower claims it is receiving, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has indicated that it is open to…
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IRS Adds Nearly 50 New Names to OVDP Facilitator List, Effective November 15
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Effective today, 47 new names have been added to the Internal Revenue Service’s ever-expanding list of “Foreign Financial Institutions or Facilitators” which trigger a significantly higher penalty for…
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