In the wake of a series of revelations concerning secret accounts at UBS AG and other foreign banks, new rules are about to be released by the Internal Revenue Service…
The final defendant in the prosecution against the Milberg law firm has agreed to plead guilty to “an improbable tax-related felony,” in the words of the Daily…
In the wake of a precedent-setting federal court ruling earlier this week that the IRS can seek the names of Americans holding secret accounts from Swiss-based UBS AG, the agency…
In a reportedly unprecedented court order, a federal judge in Miami has ordered Swiss-based UBS AG to reveal the names of U.S. residents who have been using secret accounts to…
Updated: The Department of Justice is trying to get an unprecedented federal court order requiring a Switzerland bank to turn over the names of wealthy U.S. residents who maintained secret…
Recent court filings concerning a tax evasion plea deal by billionaire Igor Olenicoff may cast a brighter light on similar efforts by less-wealthy individuals to evade U.S. income tax.
An international crackdown on holders of once-secret offshore bank accounts is putting some wealthy clients of U.S. lawyers on the hot seat as they try to figure out what to…
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states may favor municipal bonds issued within their borders by exempting interest on them from taxation, SCOTUSblog reports.
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