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IR-2025-39, April 2, 2025 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers living and working abroad that they have until Monday, June 16, 2025, to file their 2024 federal income tax return and pay any tax due.

IR-2024-212, Aug. 15, 2024 ¡ªThe Internal Revenue Service announced today a limited time reopening of the Voluntary Disclosure Program to help businesses fix incorrect Employee Retention Credit claims as the agency continues compliance work.

IR-2024-99, April 8, 2024 ¡ª As the April 15 federal tax filing deadline nears, the Internal Revenue Service today announced it will open 70 Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs) around the country on Saturday, April 13, for face-to-face help. This special help is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time.

Press releases published by IRS-Criminal Investigation in December 2024.

March 26, 2025 ¡ª United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Joseph LaForte of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney to 186 months in prison and three years of supervised release, to include 12 months in home confinement, for numerous crimes arising from the defendant¡¯s operation of a fraudulent investment vehicle known as Complete Business Solutions Group Inc. d/b/a Par Funding (¡°Par Funding¡±). In addition, LaForte was sentenced to forfeit various assets, including a private jet and an investment account totaling approximately $20 million, along with a $120 million forfeiture money judgment, as well as restitution in the amount of $314 million, and a $50,000 fine.

May 25, 2022 ¡ª An investigation by the Orange County Asian Organized Crime Task Force has resulted in the arrest of seven out of nine defendants charged in three indictments that allege an array of criminal conduct, including drug trafficking, the attempted extortion and subsequent robbery of a small business, bribery of a police officer and operating illegal casinos.

June 9, 2023 ¡ª The Justice Department unsealed charges related to the 2011 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.

Press releases published by Criminal Investigation in February 2023.

December 5, 2022 ¡ª Suspended plaintiffs¡¯ lawyer Michael John Avenatti was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars from his clients ¨C one of whom was a paraplegic with mental health issues ¨C and for obstructing the IRS¡¯s efforts to collect more than $3 million in payroll taxes from an Avenatti-owned coffee business.

IR-2023-67, April 3, 2023 ¡ª Today the Internal Revenue Service closed out the 2023 Dirty Dozen campaign with a warning for taxpayers to beware of promoters peddling bogus tax schemes aimed at reducing taxes or avoiding them altogether.