by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Mar 13, 2018 | Criminal Tax
On March 9th, Tax Partner Scott Knott and I attended the Federal Bar Association Tax Law Conference in Washington, D.C. Known colloquially as the “inside the beltway tax conference,” many high ranking federal government employees from DOJ, Treasury, and the IRS were...
by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Dec 4, 2017 | SEC Whistleblower
Many tax fraud cases also involve securities law violations. For instance, corporations engaged in tax evasion may also be creating fraudulent financials or offering securities to investors by providing misleading or untruthful information. The most common...
by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Oct 12, 2017 | IRS Budget, Sequster
The IRS announced that whistleblower awards paid under section 7623 on or after October 1, 2017 and on or before September 30, 2018, will continue to be reduced by the “sequestration reduction rate”, which has now been lowered slightly to 6.6 percent. The 6.6 percent...
by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Feb 17, 2017 | Dirty Dozen, Enforcement
The IRS today announced the conclusion of its annual list of the “Dirty Dozen” tax scams. The list is published each year by the IRS as a way to both inform and warn taxpayers about the most common tax schemes they may encounter especially during...
by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Feb 10, 2016 | Congressional Report, IRS Whistleblower Office
Today the IRS Whistleblower Office released their Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2015. According to the report, which has been substantially made-over in both appearance and content, the total amount of awards paid in fiscal 2015 was $103,486,677...
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