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When You Allegedly Cheat On Taxes, The Terrorists Win

September 11, 2001 has been linked to a number of criminal activities and now we can add tax fraud to the list. The Internal Revenue Service has announced that Robert Coplan, a former IRS lawyer, and...

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Go Directly To Jail. Do Not Pass Go.

Are good works enough to mitigate jail time? Is a nice resume an excuse to skip prison? Probably not. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, in United States v. Tomko, that a sentence given...

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Remember Stephen Yagman?

He was the “expert in civil rights legislation” (according to his own web site who was convicted of federal tax evasion, money laundering and bankruptcy fraud charges. Yagman’s hearing for sentencing...

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Don’t Be Fooled: Homebuyer’s Credit Fraud Is Still Fraud

With a more or less self-governing tax system, there are always going to be opportunities for fraud. New deductions and expenses create an environment that can make cheating tempting – and the new...

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Ask the taxgirl: Statute of Limitations

Taxpayer asks: Any site that you can provide related to the statue of limitations of unpaid individual income taxes? The tax periods in questions are from 1982 – 1987. taxgirl says: This is actually a...

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IRS, Police Consider Sharing Info As Tax Fraud Increases

It’s March 29, do you know where your refund is? It’s possible that it’s in someone else’s mailbox. Thieves are becoming more sophisticated these days with IRS posting “identity theft” and “phishing”...

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In Effort To Curb Immigration Related Fraud, IRS Changes ITIN Procedures

The Internal Revenue Service has announced updates in procedure with respect to Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) requirements. ITINs are basically the equivalent of Social Security...

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IRS, TIGTA Continue To Warn Taxpayers Of ‘Largest Scam Of Its Kind’

I had just finished speaking at a conference one day last week when I received an urgent message from my office. One of my clients had called in a panic because “[s]he received a strange phone call...

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TurboTax Temporarily Halts All State E-Filings Amid Fraud Concerns

Author’s notes: Intuit has announced that TurboTax has resumed e-filing of state income tax returns. See this post for more information. Original story has been updated to include statements from...

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How To Protect Yourself From Identity Theft, Scams, And Fraud

The more you know about how to protect yourself, the better chance you have to not be a victim. Here are 13 tips help you protect yourself from identity theft, scams, and fraud: The post How To Protect...

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Feds Make First Arrests Linked To PPP Loan Fraud

It appears that two New England businessmen took the concept of “free money” way too far. David A. Staveley (a/k/a Kurt D. Sanborn) of Andover, Massachusetts, and David Butziger of Warwick, Rhode...

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As PPP Fraud Stories Make News, A Story About Redemption

In May of this year, David A. Staveley (a/k/a Kurt D. Sanborn) of Andover, Massachusetts, and David Butziger of Warwick, Rhode Island, were accused of conspiring to illegally obtain funds through the...

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IRS Criminal Investigation: Talking Taxes And The Law With Chief Jim Lee

The IRS Criminal Investigation agency started a little over 100 years ago as an intelligence unit within the IRS, with nothing more than a few Post Office inspectors. Over the years, IRS-CI has become...

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New Healthcare Bill Targets Lottery Winners (Yes, Really)

On Tuesday, the White House introduced the American Health Care Act to the American people. Buried in the plan were ten pages focusing on limiting the rights of lottery winners to claim Medicaid. The...

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