Agents of Behemoth

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), announced the indictment of FRANK BUTSELAAR for participating in a conspiracy to engage in tax fraud over the course of over seven years.

Republicans have complained that hiring more IRS agents means that more middle-class Americans will end up being audited. The IRS has instead said that they're struggling to go after the wealthiest taxpayers because it means a protracted legal battle and court fees. 

LAS VEGAS – A former airline executive was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to two years in prison after pleading guilty to failing to pay over $2.6 million in employment taxes to the IRS.

In a column for the Daily Beast, longtime investigative journalist and Donald Trump biographer David Cay Johnston made the case that there is enough evidence of financial fraud in the former president's tax returns from 2015 to 2020 to indict and prosecute him.

Jacksonville, FL - A district court judge accepted the guilty plea yesterday of the former CEO of a Jacksonville company who admitted to evading income taxes owed to the IRS based on a fraud he ran on his employer.

On Aug. 15, 2022, a federal court in the Central District of California entered an order authorizing the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who conducted at least the equivalent of $20,000 in transactions in cryptocurrency during the years 2016 to 2021 with or through SFOX.

Congress outlawed tax deductions on “wash sales” in 1921, but Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.

On Friday, The New York Times reported that former President Donald Trump's tax returns suggest he was on the hook for over $8 million extra in taxes — thanks to a provision from his own Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that Todd and Julie Chrisley, the stars of the reality TV series "Chrisley Knows Best," have been sentenced for their involvement in a federal tax fraud scheme.

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Delaware FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Wilmington Daycare Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

Parents sending their children to some of Australia's most expensive private schools could be investigated by the Australian Tax Office for paying tuition fees from off-shore bank accounts.