Tax Analysts provides news, analysis, and commentary on tax-related topics, including criminal violations and tax crime investigation. The criminal tax cases and violations covered by Tax Analysts often involve some type of tax fraud or tax evasion.
Identity theft, crimes by tax return preparers who assist clients in filing fraudulent returns, abusive tax shelter promotion, and tax evasion by celebrities are all included in Tax Analysts’ coverage of criminal violations. Tax Analysts also covers tax crime investigation and large scale tax evasion conspiracies by foreign banks and their employees who assist U.S. citizens in attempting to evade taxes by hiding assets in offshore accounts. Tax Analysts provides news coverage of plea agreements and convictions for tax crimes, as well as coverage of sentencing after conviction. For an example of Tax Analysts coverage of tax evasion by a foreign bank, see this news coverage of a plea agreement with Credit Suisse for allegedly assisting U.S. clients in evading federal income taxes.
Some of the most frequently covered criminal violations in Tax Analysts’ products include section 7201, attempt to evade or defeat tax; section 7202, willful failure to collect or pay over tax; section 7203, willful failure to file return, supply information or pay tax; section 7206, fraud and false statements; section 7207, fraudulent returns, statements, or other documents; and section 7212, attempts to interfere with the administration of internal revenue laws.
Tax Analysts covers Treasury Reports, legislation, Department of Justice releases, and court documents related to criminal violations and tax crime investigation.
