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What’s the Difference Between Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion?

The Internal Revenue Service estimates that roughly 17% of taxpayers fail to comply with the tax code to some extent. Most of this is due to the highly complicated tax codes where mistakes and oversights happen, and not necessarily from intent to commit tax fraud. However, the IRS does investigate and charge individuals and companies […]

Understanding Your IRS Notice or Letter

Each year the IRS sends out millions of letters and notices to taxpayers. Many of these IRS notice letters are innocuous, while some can indicate a more complicated problem with your tax records like perceived income tax fraud. Receiving these letters can create anxiety and confusion regardless of the content of the notice. If you […]

Negligence vs. Tax Fraud

The tax codes are a complex system of rules and regulations, so it is unsurprising that up to 17% of taxpayers make mistakes when filing their taxes, according to IRS reports. Usually, these mistakes are due to negligence. In other words, they are oversights or genuine errors. When a mistake is intentional and intended to […]

Statement to the Media- Patricia Shaw

re: USA v. Patricia Shaw, Federal Criminal IRS Tax Fraud Case “Upon being contacted by law enforcement in this case, Ms. Shaw immediately admitted her involvement in this tax fraud scheme and accepted responsibility for her actions. We applaud the United States Government for recognizing Ms. Shaw’s honesty. Given that Ms. Shaw had originally faced […]