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IR-2022-33, February 15, 2022 — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that Form 14457, Voluntary Disclosure Practice Preclearance Request and Application, has been revised, including expanding a section on reporting virtual currency.

IR-2021-229, November 17, 2021 — The Internal Revenue Service today unveiled a new how-to video series enabling taxpayers to avoid potential scams by considering and applying for an Offer in Compromise (OIC) themselves and avoid paying excessive fees to companies advertising outlandish claims.

IR-2024-213, Aug. 15, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service urged businesses that have received Employee Retention Credit payments to recheck eligibility requirements and consider the second Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) to resolve incorrect claims without penalties or interest.

Feb. 29, 2024 — A Louisiana physician was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for tax evasion.

July 8, 2022 — An emergency room doctor from Golden, Mississippi has been sentenced to almost 3 years in prison today for failing to pay his taxes.

March 15, 2024 — A Great Falls man pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over to the IRS the taxes withheld from his employees’ paychecks.

November 3, 2022 — United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Patrick Brian Hines has pleaded guilty to willful evasion of the payment of taxes. Hines faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison and has agreed to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $1,927,077.90.

April 18, 2023 — Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Patrick Brian Hines to a year and a day in federal prison for the willful evasion of taxes due and owing. The court also ordered Hines to pay $1,927,077.90 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Hines had pleaded on November 2, 2022.

May 31, 2022 — Two Orange County tax preparers were arraigned today on federal charges alleging they participated in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt social worker who stole his clients’ identities to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, welfare benefits and credit cards.

September 18, 2023 — A former Orange County social worker was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison for stealing the Social Security numbers and other personal identifying information (PII) from clients then using the stolen information to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, welfare benefits, and credit cards.