Criminal Tax Attorney

A criminal tax attorney can help a taxpayer protect his rights and interests and avoid going to jail should he be accused of a tax related criminal act.  If a taxpayer finds he has become involved in a criminal tax matter the best thing to do is to secure an experienced tax fraud lawyer as soon as possible. 

Tax Crimes

• Tax Evasion
• Failure to Collect Taxes
• Failure to Pay Over Collected Taxes
• Failure to File a Return
• Failure to Supply Information to the IRS
• Filing a False Return
• Submitting False Documents
• Money Laundering
• Mail Fraud

Other Tax Related Crimes

The taxpayer may have the right to remain silent and should not say anything beyond identifying himself and requesting the assistance of a tax attorney.  The taxpayer should refuse to answer any further questions regarding his tax status without first consulting that tax attorney.

IRS administrative audits, hearings and other proceedings

An audit is a procedure used by the Internal Revenue Service to gather information about your income tax return and determine if the information you provided was accurate. The IRS will ask for all evidence it feels is relevant to the information on your tax return. Typically they will request documentary information from the taxpayer and from the source of the return claims such as banks, employers and customers.  In the audit process you only need to provide the IRS the information needed to prove your case.  You need not answer and produce everything that they request.  A tax attorney can ask the Court to quash any summons or court order to produce information to protect the taxpayer and his business.

Tax Court Proceedings

A taxpayer may be unable to get his audit issues resolved with the IRS field auditor or the IRS appeals officer.  He would then need to go into the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Claims, or the U.S. District Court to continue to contest the allegations against him.  A taxpayer may have difficulty attempting to represent his rights and interest by himself in these types of legal proceedings and an attorney would then be the best shot at successfully navigating those kinds of stormy waters to avoid losing one’s home or going to jail.  

Criminal investigations of Tax Fraud

When a taxpayer is accused of failing to file returns, knowingly filing false returns, is delinquent in paying his taxes, or has any other have some other reason to suspect that he will be under IRS investigation and scrutiny; he should retain a tax attorney as soon as possible.  The subject taxpayer of a criminal prosecution for any kind of tax fraud needs to respond with the correct legal documentation and evidence and as a result attorney preparation is extremely important to waging a successful defense against them.