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Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is the United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes, such as money laundering, currency transaction violations, tax-related identity theft fraud and terrorist financing that adversely affect tax administration.
According to John Dean, President Nixon asked tax issues "be turned off on friends of his," including Billy Graham and John Wayne who had their IRS audits "looked into" by Caulfield. [8] IRS Commissioner Walters refused the request of John Dean to investigate 490 staffers and contributors to the George McGovern Presidential campaign.
Over the two years between April 2010 and April 2012, the IRS essentially placed on hold the processing of applications for 501(c)(4) tax-exemption status received from organizations with "Tea Party", "patriots", or "9/12" in their names.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Code, 26 United States Code section 7201, provides: Sec. 7201. Attempt to evade or defeat tax Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000 ($500,000 ...
More than 50,000 employees will retire in the next few years, leaving the foundation of the tax system that the nation relies on at risk. We’ve been losing 10,000 employees a year.
Using both civil and criminal tools to put tax fraud promoters out of business; Enforcing IRS summonses for records of corporate tax shelters; Attacking the use of foreign bank accounts to evade taxes Enforcing IRS summonses for records of offshore credit card transactions; Initiating criminal investigations of suspects in offshore tax evasion ...
“The biggest problem facing the IRS is matching W-2 information submitted with a personal tax return with data submitted by employers, which is sent directly to the Social Security ...
[16] Similarly, tax deductions and credits are denied where for illegal bribes, illegal kickbacks, or other illegal payments under any Federal law, or under a State if such State law is generally enforced, if the law "subjects the payor to a criminal penalty or the loss of license or privilege to engage in a trade or business."