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
Are you thinking of moving to another country? Over the past decade, a record number of U.S. citizens have decided to live and work abroad. There are many issues you may not have considered that will impact any decision to...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ), IRS Criminal Investigations (CI) and international tax authorities continue to prosecute tax abuses related to digital asset transactions. In imposing a multiyear prison sentence in a recent...more
Key Takeaways - ..The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) issued its first intelligence bulletin providing guidance to banks, law enforcement partners and private investigators regarding indicators of potential...more
Taxpayers have long utilized trust arrangements for the transfer of wealth to beneficiaries or for the protection of assets from creditors. Generally, there is nothing nefarious about these types of arrangements. Rather,...more
United States citizens and residents[i] are subject to federal income tax on their worldwide income. For example, even if a United States citizen permanently relocates to a foreign country, he or she will generally continue...more
On November 30, 2021, the Fifth Circuit parted ways with the taxpayer friendly decision of the Ninth Circuit that non-willful penalties are capped at $10,000 per FBAR filing instead of the $10,000 per unreported bank account...more
Qu’est-ce que le Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (« FATCA ») ? Depuis plusieurs années, l’IRS mène une campagne agressive contre la fraude fiscale internationale et la nondéclaration de comptes bancaires et autres...more
Despite the market disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, sovereign wealth funds continued to make significant capital commitments to private funds during 2020, on a global basis. As the world emerges from the pandemic,...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 17 – 21, 2020. February 18, 2020: The IRS issued a revenue ruling providing various...more
The IRS-Criminal Investigation Unit (IRS-CI) is the Criminal Law Enforcement Arm of the IRS. Its conviction rate of over 90% is one of the highest in federal law enforcement. Those convicted pay taxes, penalties and...more
Detectar, disuadir y responder al incumplimiento internacional son desafíos clave que enfrentan las autoridades tributarias de todo el mundo. El incumplimiento fiscal internacional es un problema significativo reconocido por...more
Since 2009, the Internal Revenue Service has offered three different amnesty programs for taxpayers with undeclared foreign bank accounts. These programs, the current version of which is entitled the Offshore Voluntary...more
According to the Miriam Webster dictionary, credibility is defined as "the quality or power of inspiring belief." When IRS Commissioner John Koskinen took office, one of his many roles involved trying to restore the integrity...more
On November 29, 2013, the Cayman Islands and the U.S. Signed a FATCA IGA. The Cayman Islands IGA is a Model 1B agreement, meaning that FFIs in the Cayman Islands will be required to report tax information about U.S. account...more