Tax,
Criminal
Oct. 9, 2017
Tax tips from prison: Don’t lie to IRS
Consider the recent case of a Catholic priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose. He was sentenced to 36 months in prison for tax evasion and bank fraud. The case provides cautions about how to respond to IRS questions.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
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Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
The IRS is big and powerful. Yet, it is also has a kind of everyman quality. After all, on some level, everyone must deal with the IRS. You have to file annual tax returns, and you might even expect some occasional other interaction, at least by correspondence.
Because everyone has at least some reason to deal with the IRS, you might think that it is best to interact with the IRS directly. But that is a nuanced subject, and it can b...
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