IRS Criminal Investigations: Key Lessons for Accountants 

Date: 12/10/2024
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
CPE Credit: 2 hours

This course provides a concise overview of recent IRS criminal investigations and what practitioners can learn from these cases. While accountants are numbers people by training (not detectives per se with the exception of forensic accountants), practitioners are increasingly being called upon by governments and economic organizations at all levels to step up and help law enforcement battle financial impropriety.  By increasing their awareness of what and how the IRS investigates and prosecutes, accountants can heighten their “spidey sense” of what doesn’t look right in financial records.

Topics Covered

• Snapshot of IRS Criminal Investigations
• General tax fraud
• Abusive tax schemes
• Refund fraud
• Employment tax fraud
• Identity theft
• Data compromises
• Money laundering
• Public corruption
• Corporate fraud
• General frauds
• Cybercrimes
• Global tax and economic crimes
• Narcotics, counter-terrorism and transnational organized crime
• Selected Field Office Case Files from Across US

Learning Objectives:

• Heighten awareness of IRS investigative priorities
• Review criminal case files related to tax non-compliance across the United States
• Help practitioners be more mindful of their frontline role to act in the public interest
• Discuss how accountants can assist law enforcement to detect corruption and report financial misdeeds