I’ve begun so many stories of fraud the same way, “it’s a story we’ve come to know so well.”  I’m tired of all this fraud. I don’t know if it just seems that so many “big fish” have been caught lately, or the IRS is really cracking down, but I am, firstly, saddened by the […]

If you have not yet signed up for tonight’s webinar be sure to do so quickly.  This evenings continuing education live webinar will be covering tax related identity theft.  Space is limited.  You can sign up by clicking here: Tax Related Identity Theft For those who have signed up for a continuing education package, this […]

As a society of people, a community of neighbors and friends, we work together to prevent crime and fraud, but we’ve got to hand it them, criminals are getting smarter possibly faster than we are able to prevent it.  From fake tax-filing websites that claim to be free, which are really just a ploy to […]

Two married resident aliens were convicted of willfully making, subscribing, and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return which caused the government a tax loss of over $10,000.  An immigration judge ordered the couple’s deportation. On February 21, 2012, the Supreme Court decided Kawashima v. Holder, holding that the offenses that make an […]

The first week of the tax season has seen some interesting actions taken by the IRS.  They have actively taken aim at both high fraud tax offices and check cashing facilities that seem to consistently be in the middle of of these problematic returns.  In prior years, the IRS has taken more of a reactionary […]