Lawyer’s tax evasion results in disbarment 
Published: November 27, 2012
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, attorney discipline, disbarment, ethics, legal ethics, professional responsibility, Sanctions, tax evasion
Disbarment is the presumptive discipline for a lawyer who engages in tax evasion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.
IRS awards bank whistleblower record $104M
Published: September 19, 2012
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, IRS, tax evasion, tax fraud, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, UBS, whistleblowers
The Internal Revenue Service has awarded a record $104 million to former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld for his role in exposing a $20 billion tax evasion scheme.
Justices consider whether tax crime can trigger deportation
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 7, 2011
Tags: aggravated felony, deportation, immigration, Supreme Court, tax evasion
WASHINGTON – During oral arguments yesterday in a case raising the issue of whether filing a false tax return can lead to deportation, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to piece together what Congress intended to be an “aggravated felony.”
Ousted preacher collects award for libel, slander
By:
Phillip Bantz
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: breach of contract, libel, slander, South Carolina, tax evasion, wrongful discharge
After a relatively minor tax mistake triggered a series of increasingly bitter and bizarre spats between a South Carolina pastor and the church he led for 18 years, a jury ultimately awarded him a six-figure verdict for his suffering.
IRS steps up enforcement with new filing requirements
By:
Phillip Bantz
Published: October 22, 2010
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, IRS, tax evasion, taxation
The IRS is expanding its list of targets and implementing new filing requirements as part of an effort to nab more tax evaders.
IRS tax probe targets lawyers, banks
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 20, 2009
Tags: tax evasion
An agreement by UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, to reveal data on 4,450 accounts may lead to a larger crackdown on tax evasion by banks and lawyers, said U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman.
