Business Better Podcast Episode: Tax Audits, Investigations, and Global Enforcement - A Conversation with IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz
UK corporate offence of failure to prevent tax evasion
The Panama Papers - What the Fallout Means for U.S. Companies and Professionals
Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Employment Tax Enforcement: Ronn Owens interviews Steve Moskowitz
The Panama Papers & The Tempo of International Corruption Cases
Lauryn Hill's Tax Evasion a 'Battle for Survival': Lawyer
The Corporate Transparency Act was passed by Congress with bipartisan support in 2021 and went into effect on January 1, 2024. Broadly speaking, the law requires private companies to file a report with the Department of...more
On 24 August 2023, the Gauteng Division of the High Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal a court order recognising and enforcing a foreign arbitral award under South Africa's International Arbitration Act 15 of...more
Dr. Rogelio Ramírez de la O, Secretario de Hacienda y Crédito Público de México, el 8 de septiembre de 2023, presentó ante la Cámara de Diputados el Paquete Económico para el 2024 (PE 2024), mismo que no contempla aumentos,...more
The United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an Alert on April 17, 2023, warning U.S. persons about the possible evasion of the price cap imposed by the Department of Treasury on Russian oil. Pursuant to...more
Takeaways: ..2022 IRS Criminal Investigation Annual Report highlights significant prosecutions and identifies cryptocurrency as an area of top priority heading into 2023. ..Criminal Investigation Chief Jim Lee...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its five-year strategic plan (Strategic Plan) for 2022 – 2026, laying out four major goals: 1. Service: Provide quality and accessible services to enhance the taxpayer...more
The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2017-31 which adds Belgium, Columbia and Portugal to the list of participates in the automatic exchange of information on bank interest paid to nonresident alien individuals for...more
On Sept. 9, 2014, in U.S v. Robert Bandfield et al., federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York announced the indictment of a U.S. citizen and others, including offshore corporate service providers (CSPs) and...more
Over the last several years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has focused its efforts on enforcement of U.S. laws with respect to offshore assets held by U.S. citizens and residents, including their tax payment and...more
Authorities in the U.S. continue to crack down on foreign financial institutions that have allegedly aided U.S. taxpayers in evading their tax obligations. On May 19, 2014, Credit Suisse AG pled guilty to conspiracy to aid...more
As widely reported in the financial press, Credit Suisse AG (“Credit Suisse”), a large Swiss bank that maintains a branch and other offices in the United States pleaded guilty to the felony of conspiracy to aid tax evasion by...more
United States Department of Justice issues further information on amnesty program for Swiss banks, including details on the selection of an Independent Examiner. On November 5, 2013, United States Department of Justice...more