It seems as if former IRS employee Missy Sledge tried to pull the wool over the eyes of her former employer. Sledge, who was responsible for conducting due diligence on “suspicious” looking tax returns, was arrested at her desk in Atlanta, Georgia on...

Stopping offshore tax cheating and bringing individuals, especially high net-worth individuals, back into the U.S. tax system has been a top priority of the Internal Revenue Service for several years. IRS offshore voluntary disclosure programs are de...

On June 18, 2014, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced a number of important changes to the IRS offshore account compliance program that the IRS believes will lead to a significant increase in the number of U.S. taxpayers coming forward to report...

Newly appointed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has made clear that a top priority for the IRS is eliminating the practice of U.S. taxpayers concealing money in offshore accounts specifically for the purpose of tax evasion. At the U.S. Council for Int...