IRS awards bank whistleblower record $104M
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Internal Revenue Service has awarded a record $104 million to former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld for his role in exposing a $20 billion tax evasion scheme.
View ArticleAttorneys encouraged by $104M whistleblower payout from IRS
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The IRS paid out a whopping $104 million to a whistleblower last month for his help in exposing a $20 billion dollar tax evasion scheme by UBS bank.
View ArticleMadison-based Atheist group sues over religious electioneering (UPDATE)
A federal lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin-based group representing atheists and agnostics argues that the Internal Revenue Service is violating the U.S. Constitution by allowing tax-exempt churches and...
View ArticleAtheist group files lawsuit over church tax status
The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Internal Revenue Service is giving unconstitutional preferential treatment to churches and other religious...
View ArticleWoman gets prison for payroll tax violations
An eastern Wisconsin business owner will spend about a year in prison for failing to pay taxes that had been withheld from employees' wages.
View ArticleBelow the fiscal cliff: Estate planning attorneys navigating new landscape
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The new law that averted the “fiscal cliff” contains major changes for estate and gift tax rules that will affect not only the advice lawyers give to their...
View ArticleEmployers besieged on all sides for misclassifying workers
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> In an effort to fend off a real audit of its books, one of the major tobacco companies hired a law firm to look into whether it was classifying its 5,000 workers...
View ArticleUS cracks down on worker classification
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> In an effort to fend off an official investigation of its books, a major tobacco company hired a law firm to audit the classification of 5,000 workers.
View ArticleBusinesses sue IRS over employer health insurance mandate rule
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A group of small businesses have filed a lawsuit challenging a rule imposed by the Internal Revenue Service under the federal health care law, alleging that the...
View ArticleControl is key for test of employee v. independent contractor
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> For years, employers have struggled with correctly classifying workers as employees or independent contractors.
View ArticleLaw firms respond to ‘white-hot’ practice area
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Two years after the “bounty” provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act on financial reforms took effect, whistleblower matters remain a sizzling growth area for lawyers in...
View ArticleGroup’s lawsuit seeks to void health care law (UPDATE)
A conservative group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to have the federal health care law declared unconstitutional, arguing that the government postponed its so-called employer mandate...
View ArticlePersonal injury attorney sentenced to prison for failure to pay taxes
An Oshkosh personal injury attorney was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for not paying taxes between 2007 and 2009.
View ArticleIRS expands settlement program for small businesses
The risk of a tax audit for a small-business client may be small, but that’s little comfort for the client who gets the call from the IRS.
View ArticleEx-construction contractor faces tax charges
The owner of a Marinette construction subcontracting company has agreed to plead guilty to a felony for failing to pay $51,000 in federal taxes.
View ArticleSlow your roll(over): IRS adopts new rule on IRA indirect rollovers
Taxes remain one of the certainties in life but a new interpretation by the Internal Revenue Service could have clients – and lawyers – paying even more if they aren’t careful.
View ArticleJudge dismisses anti-religious group lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin-based group representing atheists and agnostics against the Internal Revenue Service after the IRS says it instituted a protocol for...
View ArticleMenomonee Falls woman gets 30 months for tax, mail fraud
A Milwaukee-area woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax, mail and food stamp fraud.
View ArticleAttorney accused of hiding money from tax authorities
A Menomonee Falls attorney is accused of putting money in his trust account to hide it from tax authorities.
View ArticleFines about to rise for uninsured, per court decision
The cost of being uninsured in America is going up significantly next year for millions of people.
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