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August 29, 2022 ¡ª A former Massachusetts attorney and his wife have been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with various mortgage fraud schemes.

Feb. 28, 2025 ¡ª Two brothers have been indicted by a federal grand jury for refusing to vacate properties seized by the IRS and for fraudulently attempting to prevent the sale of those properties to satisfy nearly $1.4 million in unpaid federal income taxes.

June 3, 2022 ¡ª A Utah man was sentenced today to five years in prison for evading more than $1.8 million in federal income tax and obstructing the IRS¡¯s efforts to collect the money he owed.

Feb. 27, 2025 ¡ª Sedita Charles Cayson of Panacea, Florida, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison after being found guilty of five counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns for tax years 2017-2021, at the conclusion of a prior day-and-a-half bench trial.

FS-2023-28, Dec. 2023 ¡ª Taxpayers who had a balance due for tax years 2020 and/or 2021 and did not receive balance due reminder notices due to the pandemic-related pause, may be eligible for automatic penalty relief.

December 22, 2022 ¡ª Craig Goldstein, of Boca Raton, Florida, former owner of a Lauderdale Lakes towing company, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after having pled guilty previously to three counts of tax evasion for underreporting income and failing to pay federal tax on money he received through a Personal Injury Protection (PIP) kickback scheme and other cash-based fraud.

Dec. 16, 2024 ¡ª Sedita Charles Cayson of Panacea, Florida, was found guilty by a federal judge of five counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns during a five-year period, spanning tax years 2017-2021. The guilty verdict returned at the conclusion of a day-and-a-half bench trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

The second section of "The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments" responds to some of the more common frivolous arguments made in collection due process cases. This document was updated in March 2022.

SOI Tax Stats - 2018 IRS-TPC Research Conference

Insights into individual tribal members and collection issues.