Federal Tax Crimes

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Must a Trial Judge Advise a Pro Se Defendant Specifically that He Has a Right to Closing Argument and Ensure a Proper Waiver of the Right (10/31/14)

Concern that IRS CI Resources Are Disprorportionately Allocated to Tax Return Identity Theft Fraud (10/31/14)

Update on Pleaded or Pled (10/30/14)

Bank Leumi Negotiating with New York Banking Regulator About US Tax Evasion Enablement (10/29/14)

Other Country Envy of FATCA (10/28/14)

IRS CI Modifies Its Policy Regarding Forfeitures for Structuring on Bank Deposits for Legal Source Deposits (10/28/14)

Australia is Also Flushing Out Its Offshore Tax Avoidance (10/25/14)

Swiss Category 2 Banks Push Back on DOJ's Draft NPA Agreement (10/24/14)

Blog on the Disqualification of Some Canadian "Snowbirds" from Streamlined Treatment (10/22/14)

Pretrial Skirmishing in Weil - the Coplan Issue of Improper Expansion of the Defraud / Klein Conspiracy (10/21/14)

Offshore Depositor Pleads to Tax Perjury; Banks - UBS, Israeli Bank & Jersey Bank (10/20/14)

Gary Stern Indictment (10/15/14)

An Example of the Difference Between Pleading and Not Pleading (10/14/14)

Chuck Rettig Article on Certification of Non-Willfulness (10/13/14)

Bitcoins Update (10/11/14)

Swiss Category 2 Banks Reportedly Get Draft of NPA Agreement (10/11/14; 10/14/14)

Court Holds that a False Claim Crime Can Be Committed by Unsigned Claim for Refund on 1040 (10/10/14)