The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has recently devoted great attention to detecting, investigating, and prosecuting fraud, particularly as it relates to the Employee Retention Tax Credit ...

A pandemic-related tax credit continues to be in the news—and the focus of IRS scrutiny. The Employee Retention Credit—or ERC—is a refundable tax credit for businesses intended to provide ...

Louis, 58, who worked as a tax examiner for the IRS from 1985 to 1994, used his specialized training and knowledge of the agency to engage in the fraud, prosecutors said.

The IRS is currently investigating $8 billion in suspected pandemic fraud, including $2.8 billion in potentially fake employee retention tax credit claims, causing the agency to suspend ...

A former Internal Revenue Service employee pleaded guilty on Wednesday to filing fake tax returns to fraudulently obtain tax refunds and stealing Social Security benefits, the U.S. Attorney said.

For example, a tax preparer in New Jersey was arrested in July and accused of seeking more than $124 million from the IRS by filing more than 1,000 tax returns that falsely claimed ERC eligibility.

Commentary IRS Continues Auditing Employee Retention Credit Claims for Fraud, Offers Protection for At-Risk Small Businesses Over the past year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has discovered ...

The agency's criminal investigation arm has opened probed at least 252 claims under the pandemic-era employee retention credit amounting to $2.8 billion worth of subsidies.

The IRS stopped processing new employee retention tax credit claims as of Sept. 14 of last year. The moratorium on new ERC claims remained in place until August 2024, when the IRS said it would ...

The Internal Revenue Service has the ultimate Trump card when ... Whistle blowers can receive up to 30% of the amount that the government collects for tax fraud by reporting their employers, ...

Former IRS employee pleads guilty to preparing false tax returns for clients expand A Grandview woman could face three years in prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud.

OAKLAND — A 46-year-old Internal Revenue Service employee who defrauded the government of $4,175 faces up to 5 years in prison, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag.