Paul Caron reports that the rumor that illegal immigrants received $4.2 billion in fraudulent Child Care tax credit payments from the IRS is true: Following up on last week’s post, Illegal Immigrants’ Child Tax Credit Fraud Costs IRS Billions: FactCheck.org, Tax Credits for Illegal Immigrants: Q: Does the IRS pay billions in tax refunds to [...]
Tags: Credits · Tax Crimes
Tony Nitti of Double Taxation has an interesting story about the tax evasion of a woman who sold suicide kits: [W]hile a 92-year old retired school teacher would never be confused with a legendary criminal of Capone’s ilk, Sharlotte Hydorn shared one thing with Big Al: it again took the IRS to put an end to Hydorn’s [...]
Tags: Tax Crimes
James Maule tells the story of a tax preparation company called Mo’ Money Taxes: One of my readers alerted me to a story of which I had been unaware. It involves a tax return preparation enterprise that has created nightmares for its clients. The story involves a business called Mo’ Money Taxes, which is based [...]
Tags: News · Regulation of Tax Preparers · Tax Crimes · Tax Tips
Fox News reports that a former IRS agent whose tax preparation business catered to a wealthy clientele is accused of ordering at least two former customers killed as they prepared to testify against him on fraud charges: Federal prosecutors say the targets were key witnesses against Steven Martinez, 50, who was charged last year with stealing [...]
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“Bush’s main goal is to kill as many servicemen as possible.” – Cindy Sheehan – “My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don’t owe you a penny…you give my son back and I’ll pay my taxes. Come after me (for [...]
Tags: Absurd Tax Protester Arguments · News
Listen to left-lurching tax law professor and tax blogger Linda Beale wax indignant about Greece’s austerity program (emphasis is mine): The austerity demands, in order for a sovereign nation to pay back its debt to mostly big banks that lent money recklessly in the leadup to the financial crisis, make no sense at all. If [...]
Tags: Politics · Politics of Taxes · The Economy
Reuters reports that three explosive devices blew up outside the Naples offices of Equitalia, a state agency that collects overdue taxes and fines, breaking windows but injuring no one on Monday night, a police official told Reuters: Police said no group had claimed responsibility for the attack on the building on Corso Meridionale near Naples central [...]
Tags: Tax Collections · Tax Crimes
