A former executive of the WineTasting Network has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for tax evasion & embezzling over $894,000 from the California-located Internet wine business, according to federal prosecutors.  In April of this year, Marti...

On June 18, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service announced major changes in its offshore voluntary compliance programs, providing new options to help both taxpayers residing overseas and those residing in the United States. The changes are anticipated...

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...