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IL-2021-07, December 22, 2021 ¡ª Victims of severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes beginning December 10, 2021 now have until May 16, 2022, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

August 2, 2022 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Torise Baker, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for a tax fraud offense. Judge Shea also ordered Baker to serve the first month of her supervised release in home detention, and to pay a $7,500 fine.

IR-2022-202, November 18, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service, along with state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry, today announced a special week focusing attention on empowering taxpayers to protect sensitive financial information against identity thieves as the holidays and the 2023 tax season get closer.

KY-2021-02, December 14, 2021 ¡ª Victims of severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding and tornadoes beginning December 10, 2021 now have until May 16, 2022, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

CA-2023-02, January 24, 2023 ¡ª Victims of severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning December 27, 2022, now have until May 15, 2023, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

IR-2022-11, January 12, 2022 ¡ª National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins today released her 2021 Annual Report to Congress, calling calendar year 2021 ¡°the most challenging year taxpayers and tax professionals have ever experienced.¡±

July 6, 2022 ¡ª Yesterday U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Ercin Kalender of Alexandria, Virginia and Lizette Kalender of Alexandria, Virginia to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy related to tax fraud within their corporate filings and business taxes. Judge Xinis also ordered the Kalenders to pay restitution of $2,219,602.

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.

May 19, 2022 ¡ª Darrell Thomas has been sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud and to money laundering for masterminding a scheme to obtain 14 fraudulent loans totaling approximately $11.1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (¡°PPP¡±). To date, a total of twenty-three individuals have been charged in connection with the fraudulent scheme.

May 12, 2023 ¡ª Yesterday, Doris Joann Gilmore, from Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to federal program theft and failure to submit payroll taxes collected from employees, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.