Tax Evasion Criminal Defense Attorney

There is a significant difference between legal tax avoidance versus illegal tax evasion.  The latter involves an intentional act on the part of the taxpayer to intentionally under pay taxes by either under reporting income or taking illegal deductions. 

Taxpayers have the legal right to try to avoid paying taxes by taking legitimate taxpayer deductions allowable by law.  However, intentionally hiding income, under reporting income, or taking unallowable deductions is an illegal act and is punishable by federal law.

Section 7201 of the Internal Revenue Codestates that, “Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000 ($500,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.”

If you've been criminally charged with illegal tax evasion or are under investigation by the IRS Criminal Investigations Division, contact an IRS criminal defense attorney today to defend your criminal IRS case.  Toll free 1-877-414-9817 or in Texas (512) 338-0529.  Our tax defense attorneys can assist you with your plea or defend you in Federal district court or the U.S. Tax Court. 

Most cases that do not have the requisite intentional act usually fall under civil IRS penalties and interest.  If usch is the case, then contact an IRS civil tax attorney today at 1-866-646-7240 nationwide toll free.