Brian Mahany

The IRS has tightened the rules for getting into the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program. Learn the rules now before its too late…more

Debtors prisons were outlawed in the U.S. back in 1833 but a recently approved Senate amendment would give the IRS to revoke passports and restrict travel to anyone with a serious tax delinquency…more

Great article on the recently revitalized Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and it's first official act - mortgage companies, payday lenders and debt collectors watch out! Read what this obscure agency means for your finance…more

The IRS announces an unprecedented fourth offshore tax amnesty program - the 2012 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program. This one just months after the last amnesty ended. Why? Because hundreds of thousands of U.S. taxpayers…more

With penalties of $100,000 to $200,000 per year, holders of welfare benefit plans face grave serious problems. The raid on NOVA Benefit Plans' headquarters by 70 federal agents means thousands of NOVA's clients may soon be…more

This week's unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court strikes a big blow for physcians serving their residency requirements. Since 1951, their wages were not subject to unemployment and FICA taxes. No more says the IRS and the…more

Article discusses the true cost of sexual harassment in the workplace. We read about the large jury awards in the news but what about lost productivity, high turnover, low morale and large legal fees…more

Timely blog post examines the collapse of the American financial and legal systems and what we need to do to protect our hard earned wealth in these uncertain times!…more

Sick and tired of those late night TV commercials claiming you can pay the IRS just pennies on the dollar? Evidently the FTC and at least 18 state attorneys general are too. American Tax Relief bites the dust after federal…more

Thought provoking article on how rising taxes may cause the wealthy to leave the U.S. With just 5% of the taxpayers paying over half of the federal income tax and an increaing mobile society, the threat is quite real!…more

We think of fraudsters as being investment promoters in suits. For the tiny California town of Bell, the fraudsters were city officials. Virtually all of them! This is an outrageous story of government misconduct and corruption…more

When Good Lawyers Turn Bad - story about recent SEC action against Minnesota attorney and two real estate promoters. Govenment accuses lawyer of fraud and operating a Ponzi scheme - lawyer ran investment fund and collected $21…more

Sexual harassment is not confined to the workplace - take the case of an elected DA and the bizarre and disturbing text messages sent to a crime victim…more

Burning a Quran at a Florida church or France's decision to ban the wearing of burqas by conservative Islamic women garners national attention. What isn't being reported is the huge increase in anti-Muslim complaints filed with…more

In a first ever event, the SEC sues the State of New Jersey for misleading investors who purchased NJ issued bonds. Blogpost discusses the importance of always performing due diligence before investing. Even the government can't…more