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The IRS has recently stepped up its criminal tax enforcement efforts in several key ways:
A criminal tax investigation is different than an audit. In an audit, the IRS is attempting to collect money from you. In a criminal tax investigation, the government is preparing a case so they can can PROSECUTE you and put you in JAIL.
Criminal tax investigations are primarily conducted by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division (CID), and CID agents are referred to as IRS Special Agents. However, many cases also involve criminal investigators from the FBI, Postal Service, DEA, BATF and state and local criminal enforcement agencies.
Some common tax related crimes include:
If you are contacted by an IRS Special Agent, the Law Offices of Chris Rusch can help. We handle criminal tax cases in every state in the United States and will travel to you or will resolve your matter from our offices in San Diego, California.
Click here to schedule a confidential appointment by email or call my direct line at (619) 557-0587. I will personally answer your call and determine what steps are needed to resolve your tax problems.
- The IRS is aggressively prosecuting taxpayers on a wide range of tax crime charges.
- Each IRS Criminal Division field office is now fully staffed with Special Agents, as the result of it’s recent hires.
- The IRS is focusing on small and mid-sized businesses and self employed individuals.
- The IRS continues to aggressively prosecute individuals that utilized offshore “tax havens”.
A criminal tax investigation is different than an audit. In an audit, the IRS is attempting to collect money from you. In a criminal tax investigation, the government is preparing a case so they can can PROSECUTE you and put you in JAIL.
Criminal tax investigations are primarily conducted by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division (CID), and CID agents are referred to as IRS Special Agents. However, many cases also involve criminal investigators from the FBI, Postal Service, DEA, BATF and state and local criminal enforcement agencies.
Some common tax related crimes include:
- Tax Evasion
- Failure to Collect Taxes
- Failure to Pay Over Taxes Collected to the IRS
- Failure to File a Return
- Failure to Supply Information to the IRS
- Failure to Pay Tax Owed
- False Returns
- Submitting False Documents
- Attempts to Interfere with Administration of Internal Revenue Laws
- False Statements
- False Claims
- Perjury (such as submitting a false Offer in Compromise)
- Mail Fraud
- Money Laundering
- Conspiracy to Commit Any of the Above
- Aiding and Abetting the Commission of Any of the Above
If you are contacted by an IRS Special Agent, the Law Offices of Chris Rusch can help. We handle criminal tax cases in every state in the United States and will travel to you or will resolve your matter from our offices in San Diego, California.
Click here to schedule a confidential appointment by email or call my direct line at (619) 557-0587. I will personally answer your call and determine what steps are needed to resolve your tax problems.