Have you ever been concerned about potential mistakes in your taxes? Many Florida residents made inadvertent errors when they are processing their own taxes -- but does this constitute a tax crime? Luckily, experts say that honest mistakes are very rarely prosecuted....
Tax Evasion
When does time run out to prosecute tax crimes?
Did you do your best with your taxes this year, but you are worried that there may have been some kind of mistake? Taxes are incredibly complex, sometimes leading inattentive people into technical tax crimes because they make mistakes when filing their returns. It is...
Tax crime policy changes serve up amnesty to expat workers
In most criminal cases, "I did not know about that law" is considered an unacceptable defense. That looks like it will change with the advent of new tax crime rules, however, which could soften penalties for taxpayers accused of tax evasion with secret offshore...
Swiss acount results in tax penalty for Florida man
Objections to paying taxes go back to the Revolutionary War and before. In the modern era, those who have the financial ability to pay the taxes the government seeks but hide their money instead are subject to penalties. Those penalties may include very substantial...
Federal jury imposes stiff penalty on Florida man for tax evasion
On May 28, a federal jury seated in Miami, Florida, handed down a stiff penalty for tax evasion to an 87-year-old Florida man. The jurors decided that the defendant had intentionally failed to file documents with the Internal Revenue Service declaring his assets in a...
Former Hialeah mayor and wife beat tax crime charges
On April 29, the former mayor of Hialeah, Julio Robaina and his wife Raiza, were acquitted by a Miami, Florida, federal jury on tax crimes alleging that the pair had conspired to avoid paying $2 million in taxes and lied to authorities about it. In all, the defendants...
Not guilty verdict for mayor in Florida tax evasion case
The sheer volume of wealth that flow through Florida makes it a tempting place for those who want to commit financial crimes. However, sometimes even the most high-profile accusations of financial malfeasance prove to be false. This was determined to be the case in a...
Flood of tax crime charges filed against 25 people
Authorities are always investigating cases of fraud and related illicit activities. Typically, headlines about new arrests are about a small number of suspects taken into custody in a particular case. However, recently a notable 25 suspects were charged with tax crime...
Guilty plea entered in Florida tax crime scheme
Florida sees more than its share of financial malfeasance due to the massive amount of money that flows through the state. Each instance is of course unfortunate, but all the more so when it involves a trusted professional who betrays that trust. That is what happened...
Former Florida mayor, wife facing tax evasion charges
Tax evasion is a serious federal crime. Anyone charged with a tax crime will quickly find that attorneys play a crucial role in the process of defending the accused and negating the punishment and penalties that can result from a conviction. This may be on the mind of...
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