Tag Archives: Tax Evasion

US President Donald Trump has announced a pardon for Todd and Julie Chrisley, the couple best known for their reality TV show Chrisley Knows Best. The pair were convicted in 2022 on multiple federal charges, including tax evasion, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and wire fraud. Julie was also found guilty of obstruction of justice. The decision has sparked a …

It may not have been the tax-evasion trial of the century — the second century, that is — but it was of such gravity that the defendants faced charges of forgery, fiscal fraud and the sham sale of slaves. Tax dodging is as old as taxation itself, but these particular offenses were considered so serious under Roman law that penalties …

Daniel Werfel, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, told the agency’s employees that he would end his term early and step down on Monday as President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office. Mr. Trump has said he plans to nominate Billy Long, a former Republican congressman, to the role. Past presidents have treated the tax collector’s leader as a nonpartisan …