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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ICIJ Investigations In the News - Panama Papers and Suspicious Activity Reports (9/22/20; 9/25/20)

District Court Grants Government Summary Judgment on FBAR Civil Willful Penalty (9/19/20)

District Court Holds Failure to Properly Report Foreign Accounts on a Fifth Amendment FBAR Is Subject to FBAR Willful Penalty (9/18/20)

Updated CTM Chapter on Tax Related Conspiracies (9/17/20)

Second Circuit Applies the Foregone Conclusion Doctrine to Overcome the Fifth Amendment's Act of Production Doctrine (9/15/20)

IRS Continues Efforts to Crack Cryptocurrency (9/15/20)

Tax Travails of the Rich (Perhaps Famous) Enablers of the Rich (Perhaps Famous) (9/8/20)

District Court Sustains FBAR Willful Penalty But Rejects Fraudulent Failure to File Penalty for Income Tax (9/1/20)

Article on U.S. as World's Banking Policeman (8/29/20)

District Court Sustains Tax Convictions but Grants Acquittal on Wire Fraud Convictions Because No Fraud (8/26/20)

Report that Prominent Billionaires Are Subject to Criminal Investigation (8/24/20)

Taxpayers Who Entered OVDP Closing Agreement Seek Their Money Back Under the APA (8/24/20)

Eighth Circuit Holds that Marinello Pending Proceeding Nexus in § 7212(a) Does Not Apply to Defraud / Klein Conspiracy (8/17/20)

A Bit of History: Andrew Mellon and Tax Fraud (8/12/20; 8/14/20)

Houston Attorney Sentenced to 24 Months for Conspiracy and Tax Evasion (8/7/20)

2020 Federal Tax Procedure Book Available on SSRN (8/3/20)

Superseding Indictment for Former Harvard Chair on Tax and FBAR Crimes (7/29/20)

The Unspotted Issue in an Audit; Ethics and Crimes (7/24/20; 8/2/20)