By David Slade, December 29, 2011, Post & Courier, Charleston SC GOOSE CREEK — Bankrupt tax-preparation firm JK Harris suspended all operations late this afternoon and is bracing for a likely liquidation of the firm’s assets, according to founder and Chief Operating Officer John K. Harris. As of the end of November, the company still [...]

By: Jenn Strathman, newsnet5.com CLEVELAND – The IRS said there’s been a five fold increase in identity theft from 2008 to 2010. While the IRS said the breach is not happening at their offices, they are stuck finding a solution to this costly problem that leaves legitimate taxpayers waiting months for their refund check. Despite [...]

Sacramento, Calif. (June 20, 2011) By Michael Cohn, Accounting Today Roni Deutch, the tax attorney who heavily advertised her IRS tax resolution services before she was forced out of business, has pleaded not guilty to contempt of court charges. Deutch billed herself as the “Tax Lady” in her infomercials before she closed down her law [...]

North Highlands, Calif. (May 16, 2011) By Michael Cohn, Accounting Today Roni Deutch, who heavily advertised her tax problem resolution services on television, has closed her law firm and surrendered her legal license after a California judge froze her assets. Deutch was sued last August by the California Attorney General for $34 million, charging her [...]

accountingtoday.com Sacramento, Calif. (April 21, 2011) A California judge has frozen the assets of “Tax Lady” Roni Deutch after the state attorney general asked the court to hold her in contempt for shredding millions of documents and wrongfully diverting funds from clients of her tax law firm. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shellyanne W.L. Chang signed [...]

accountingtoday.com Los Angeles (June 21, 2011) A Santa Monica man was arrested Friday morning on charges that he committed tax fraud and attempted to interfere with the administration of the Internal Revenue laws. Howard Hal Berger, 51, appeared Monday morning before U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter. Berger previously pleaded not guilty to the [...]

By Littice Bacon-Blood The Times-Picayune, June 21, 2011 A former St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s lieutenant and his wife, who owned an accounting service company, pleaded guilty to fraud in federal court on Monday for filing false federal tax returns and collecting more than $800,000 using the names of inmates held in the parish jail, according [...]

The Huffington Post James Sunshine, 06/19/11 Last September, Laguna Beach resident Stephen McDow found $110,000 deposited in his bank account, courtesy of the IRS. That same deposit has now landed him in hot water, according to CBS Los Angeles. The IRS mistakenly sent the tax refund money, meant for a 67-year-old woman, to McDow, instead, [...]

Almost 3% of IRS workers caught cheating but some slip through cracks By Andrea Coombes, MarketWatch.com June 21, 2011, 5:35 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The IRS catches almost 3,000 tax scofflaws in its own ranks each year, but some employees still dodge the system, according to a new Treasury Department report. The Internal [...]

By Jarret Bencks Medford Patch, June 2, 2011 The bright orange seized sign on the front door of Il Faro restaurant has been taken down, but the Medford Square restaurant is still in hot water with the state’s Department of Revenue. The seizure on the business was lifted after revenue officials determined nearly all of [...]