July 18, 2013
Thousands of tax professionals petition IRS on end of e-Services tools
Petition started by Beyond415 urges the IRS to reconsider its decision to retire two e-Services tools.
July 17, 2013
IRS selects CCH to provide sales tax rates and tables
CCH has been selected by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to deliver comprehensive sales tax rate and taxability tables to help millions of Americans prepare their tax returns.
July 12, 2013
Used car dealers plead guilty to structuring, laundering conspiracy
Three used-car dealers in Memphis, Tennessee, have pleaded guilty in a money-laundering scheme involving sales to drug traffickers in which they filed misleading sales forms and titled cars in the names of other people.
July 9, 2013
Singer Lauryn Hill starts prison sentence for $1M tax evasion
Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month jail sentence Monday after pleading guilty last year to not paying approximately $1 million in taxes.
June 30, 2013
Many cities creating nonprofit groups to fund projects
Margate is joining the growing list of Broward cities that are creating -- or re-starting -- nonprofit "foundations" to raise money to supplement the city coffers.
June 30, 2013
Hey IRS, get off my cloud
In the wake of the resignation of the IRS Commissioner for the agency’s alleged targeting of conservative organizations, there is this chilling IRS policy position that the ACLU recently discovered:
June 27, 2013
Former Hawaii police major pleads guilty to tax evasion, lying to FBI
A former Honolulu police major who retired in 2011 amid allegations that he extorted money from the operator of an illegal gambling house pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to felony charges.
June 26, 2013
Taxpayer Advocate cites lack of checks and balances in IRS nonprofit screening
National Taxpayer Advocate Identifies Priority Issues for Upcoming Year; Reports on Exempt Organization Review Concerns
June 25, 2013
New IRS Commissioner outlines steps toward accountability, reform
Internal Revenue Service Principal Deputy Commissioner Danny Werfel today issued a report outlining new actions and next steps to fix problems uncovered with the IRS’ review of tax-exempt applications and improve the wider processes and operations in place at the IRS.
June 25, 2013
IRS: Tax fraud turns to murder charges in California
When Oakland, California rapper Brondon "Thudda Boy" McDaniel decided on his own last year to commit tax fraud, using a scheme he and two others devised a year earlier, he didn't realize the decision would result in his death, a prosecutor said Monday.
June 23, 2013
Massachusetts couple sues accountant for tax troubles
A Middleton, Mass., couple who admitted to federal tax charges that sent the husband to prison and the wife to a halfway house have blamed their accountant for their predicament.
June 23, 2013
Payroll service provider gets 6.5 year prison sentence, $26.7M restitution to IRS
A federal judge on Friday sentenced Robert R. Sacco, the owner of a Dayton, Ohio-based payroll company, to 6 1/2 years in prison and ordered him to pay $26.7 million to the Internal Revenue Service.