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May 23, 2025 ¡ª David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Harry Chavis, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that Clyde Gibson, Jr., of Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to a tax fraud offense.

KY-2022-06, August 1, 2022 ¡ª Victims of severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides beginning July 26, 2022, now have until November 15, 2022, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

March 21, 2025 ¡ª Today, the owner of a South Florida tax preparation business who pled guilty in December 2024 to aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns was sentenced to almost five years in federal prison and one year of supervised release post-prison. She was also ordered to pay over $20 million in restitution to the IRS.

June 22, 2022 ¡ª The owner of a Riverside County-based construction business has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge that he filed false tax returns, resulting in a loss of $471,155 to the United States Treasury, the IRS announced today.

IR-2021-241, December 3, 2021 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation¡¯s tax industry urged businesses to be alert to cyberattacks aimed at gaining access to business data and customer information and be aware of steps to help them on tax-related issues related to identity theft.

Oct. 24, 2024 ¡ª A Morris County, New Jersey, man and former general counsel for a large public corporation, was sentenced today to eight months in prison for willfully failing to file federal income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

October 13, 2022 ¡ª United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Christian Dunbar, of Philadelphia, PA, the former Philadelphia City Treasurer, pleaded guilty in front of United States District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe to procurement of citizenship unlawfully and through multiple false statements; submitting false citizenship papers; and failure to file tax returns, all in connection with false statements and altered documents he submitted as part of his application to become a U.S. citizen, and failing to file his federal tax returns in three separate years.

October 4, 2023 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Cleveland returned a superseding indictment today charging Steven Saris of Canton, Ohio, with operating illegal gambling businesses (IGBs), tax evasion, conspiracy to defraud the United States, willful failure to collect and pay over employment taxes, money laundering and an obstruction-related offense. Saris was previously indicted and charged with one count of owning and operating an IGB.

Dec. 19, 2024 ¡ª Today, Melvin Thompson Jr. of Chestertown, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return in connection with submitting fraudulent loan applications.

IR-2021-216, November 4, 2021 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today that the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2022 has increased to $20,500, up from $19,500 for 2021 and 2020.