Federal Tax Crimes

Jack Townsend offers this blog on Federal Tax Crimes principally for tax professionals and tax students. It is not directed to lay readers -- such as persons who are potentially subject to U.S. civil and criminal tax or related consequences. LAY READERS SHOULD READ THE PAGE IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN TITLE "INTENDED AUDIENCE FOR BLOG; CAUTIONARY NOTE TO LAY READERS." Thank you.

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Federal Tax Crimes

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Third Circuit Rejects Media's Right to Names of Unindicted Co-Conspirators (9/7/16)

Article on Prominent Tax Evaders Prompted by Anniversary of Helmsley's 1989 Conviction for Tax Evasion (9/4/16)

Court Denies Petition to Quash IRS Summons Issued Pursuant to Russian Request Under Double Tax Treaty (9/2/16)

Government Avoids Hyde Amendment Fees and Expense Liability After It Blew the Criminal Statute of Limitations (8/29/16)

Fifth Circuit Opinion on Aiding and Assisting and Trial Management (8/27/16)

Kroupa Criminal Case Status Report (8/26/16)

Attacks on Indicted Tax Court Judge Kroupa's Decisions (8/26/16)

Congressional Staffer Charged with Failure to File (8/25/16)

Third Circuit Affirms Sentence for Tax Obstruction (§ 7212(a)) Under the Obstruction Guidelines (8/22/16)

Sentencing for Defendant Implicated in Early UBS Disclosures (8/21/16)

Taxpayer Loses Cheek Defense at Trial and, on Appeal, Fails in Argument of Prosecutor Misconduct (8/11/16)

Articles of Interest to Tax Crimes Fans (8/10/16)

Priest Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion After Losing on Suppression Motion re Miranda (8/9/16)

The Vanishing Federal Criminal Jury Trial (8/7/16)

Tax Court Includes Title 18 Fines and Forfeitures from Tax Crimes in Whistleblower Collected Proceeds (8/4/16)

Eighth Circuit Opinion on Cheek Good Faith Defense and Conditions of Supervised Relied (8/3/16)

Another Plea to Offshore Account Tax Crimes (8/1/16)

Important CA2 Opinion on Foregone Conclusion Required To Overcome Fifth Amendment Act of Production Assertion to Summons Production of Foreign Documents, Including Bank Records (8/1/16)