Criminal Tax Fraud in the Fourth Degree: NY Tax Law 1803
Understanding Tax Obligations
We have reached the time of year when a lot of people are spending a lot of time thinking about taxes. There are already some forms going out from employers that detail how much an individual earnings throughout the course of the year as well as how much that same person paid in taxes. Those forms are known as a W-2 form and they are incredibly important. If you have yet to receive yours you can expect to receive it soon.
You are probably just a normal taxpayer who is going to do your civil duty and pay the taxes that you correctly owe, but there are some who do not. Those individuals often go to great lengths to cover up the fact that they are not paying what they rightfully owe. They do this because they know that it is a crime in the state of New York and throughout the United States to commit tax fraud.
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(212) 300-5196Defining Tax Fraud
The definition of tax fraud is very broad. It is defined in some jurisdictions as when someone commits an act with the intent to defraud the government of taxes owed or if one attempts to corrupt a politician or other government official for the purposes of evading taxes.
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The IRS has referred your case to the Criminal Investigation Division after an audit uncovered discrepancies in your tax returns.
Is this different from a regular audit?
A CID referral means the IRS believes there may be criminal tax fraud, not just civil underpayment. Criminal tax charges carry prison time of up to 5 years per count. You need a criminal defense attorney at this stage.
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This means that there a lot of things that fall under the umbrella of tax fraud. It is easy to see an individual committing any number of different actions that could potentially land them in some trouble. This is why it is so important to have some understanding of tax fraud law to make sure you are not committing this act.
