Federal tax mistakes can lead to criminal charges in various circumstances. While federal prosecutors must prove a willful violation of the law to pursue criminal charges, they can use various forms of evidence to substantiate allegations of willfulness. This includes evidence of willful ignorance of the law. As a result, […]
Category: Tax Fraud
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is continuing to aggressively target businesses suspected of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Employee Retention Credit (ERC) fraud in 2026. While the PPP and ERC were pandemic-era programs, widespread fraud has resulted in ongoing enforcement—including criminal enforcement in many cases. Exposing fraud under the pandemic-era […]
In 2025, we published dozens of articles on our blog that provide important insights and practical information for high-income and high-net-worth taxpayers. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) places particular emphasis on targeting high-income and high-net-worth taxpayers suspected of noncompliance, and facing IRS scrutiny can expose these taxpayers to substantial liability. […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) addressing its ongoing efforts to combat fraud under the pandemic-era Employee Retention Credit (ERC) program. While the IRS’ FAQs focus primarily on a new limitation on the ERC established under the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), […]
Even though it has now been more than two years since the federal government ended its national emergency declaration for the COVID-19 pandemic, targeting COVID-19 relief fraud remains a top priority for IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS CI). Specifically, IRS CI is continuing to target both individual and corporate taxpayers for […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released the 2025 edition of its “Dirty Dozen” list. This is an annual publication where the IRS provides “a warning for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for common schemes that threaten their tax and financial information.” As Texas tax fraud lawyer […]
While it remains to be seen what will happen to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) enforcement resources in the coming months and years, at present, the IRS is continuing to actively target taxpayers and tax preparers for all forms of fraud. This includes fraud under pandemic-era programs. As Texas tax […]
For businesses that claimed the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) or received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan or Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), facing scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) remains a very real concern. The IRS is continuing to aggressively target pandemic-era fraud heading into 2025—pursuing audits and […]
It’s the end of another year. While this is a time when many people do some last-minute tax planning, it is also a time when many people make all-too-common tax mistakes. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is intimately familiar with these mistakes—and it looks for them when examining taxpayers’ returns […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its “tax gap” projections for the 2022 tax year on October 10, 2024. As the IRS explains in its News Release, the tax gap, which is an estimated $696 billion, “reflects the difference between projected ‘true’ tax liability and the amount of tax that […]