Florida Federal Criminal Defense Attorney focusing on tax evasion, tax fraud and other tax crimes.

Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion and Tax Crimes

Many federal white collar prosecutions are for tax crimes, such as tax evasion, failure to file income tax returns, or tax fraud. Tax crimes are those which are in violation of the criminal statutes of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and/or Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations as applicable to the IRC.

There are some special considerations to keep in mind if you are under investigation for violations of the Internal Revenue Code. The typical criminal tax case is investigated by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division ("CID"). CID investigators are federal agents trained in law enforcement techniques and tactics.

The consequences of IRS criminal investigations can be very serious. This is why you need an experienced criminal tax attorney to guide you through the process. These cases involve many types of conduct, ranging from the simple intentional failure to file tax returns to more complicated tax evasion schemes. The possible penalties include imprisonment, heavy fines, and financial ruin.

If you or your company are concerned about a potential criminal tax investigation for tax fraud or tax evasion, if someone has threatened to report you to the IRS, if you or an employee has received a summons or subpoena, or been contacted by IRS Special Agents, call Joffe & Joffe, P.A. to be your criminal tax attorney.

Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion on Tax Crimes

In criminal tax cases it is important to have a criminal tax attorney who is not only well experienced in federal criminal matters, but who also has had significant experience in federal criminal tax cases.

If you or your company is facing a criminal tax investigation for tax fraud or tax evasion, we can:
• Assist you in responding to government demands for information
• Conduct factual and legal investigations to develop defenses
• Represent you or your company in grand jury and IRS proceedings
• Present your defenses to the IRS and the Department of Justice
• Represent you at trial and other proceedings flowing from the investigation
• Advise you on voluntary disclosures and correct procedures
• Working with you in correcting prior tax problems
• Negotiating with IRS agents and officials

In tax crime or tax fraud cases, a skilled criminal tax attorney can take full opportunity of the multi-tiered approval process to derail a federal criminal case before it ever gets to grand jury. At each of the IRS approval levels and at the Department of Justice Tax Division level, an experienced criminal tax attorney has the opportunity to convince government attorneys to decline prosecution of the case.

However, if there is a strong case against you for a tax crime or tax fraud, it is unlikely that even an experienced criminal tax attorney can prevent the government from prosecuting. However, if the government can be convinced that there was no criminal conduct, prosecution or a grand jury may be avoided.