Dealing with the Government's Criminal Tax Investigators
As a defense attorney, you should always be forthright in dealing with government personnel while your client is under investigation for tax crimes.
As a defense attorney, you should always be forthright in dealing with government personnel while your client is under investigation for tax crimes.
As a Tax Lawyer representing clients in a criminal tax investigation, one of the most important defense strategies is knowing when to cooperate with an IRS special agent and when to refuse cooperation.
The Department of Justice Criminal Tax Division has the ultimate authority to review and prosecute criminal tax cases.
Representing clients who are being investigated for criminal tax fraud or have already been charged with a tax crime can be a complicated proposition.
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) were created to “further the basic purpose of criminal punishment: deterrence, incapacitation, just punishment, and rehabilitation.” United States Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual, §1A1.2
In a previous article about making false statements on your tax return, we discussed the basics of the
The most common federal tax crime is tax evasion, which is specifically defined in 26 U.S.C. § 7201 as a failure to report taxes, reporting taxes inaccurately, or failing to pay taxes.
The most common tax crime is tax evasion, which is specifically defined in 26 U.S.C. § 7201 as a failure to report taxes, reporting taxes inaccurately, or failing to pay taxes.
The IRS has been given tremendous power to determine what taxes you owe based on the law and information provided either through your tax return or through the research and findings of IRS auditors.