If you believe you may be under federal investigation for Tax Evasion, it is critical to your case that you hire a qualified criminal defense attorney right away. Do not risk having your rights violated by neglecting to retain a skilled, experienced criminal defense attorney.
The Houston Texas law office of Kuniansky & Associates represents individuals accused of federal criminal fraud, including tax fraud and Medicare fraud. Our clients include individual businessmen as well as corporate officers and directors facing charges or investigations.

You may be subject to IRS audit for suspicion of failing to file tax returns and pay the correct amount of tax for:

• Estate Tax
• Payroll Tax / Witholding of employee taxes
• Income Tax
• Employment Tax
• FICA

If the IRS suspects you of evading federal taxes, they may launch a civil tax audit of you and your business. A civil audit may also begin for other reasons, including taxpayers selected at random or disgruntled ex-employees going to the IRS. In order to determine whether you paid appropriate taxes, the IRS will review such things as your payroll withholding statements, expense sheets, income schedules, and other documents. If these auditors suspect personal or corporate tax fraud, they may refer your case to IRS criminal investigators.

Many federal white-collar prosecutions are for tax crimes, such as tax evasion, failure to file income tax returns, or tax fraud. Because of the war on drugs, and the war on terrorism, criminal investigations into personal and business tax filings have become more intense.

Normally, ignorance of the law is no excuse. But under a good faith exception in the U.S. Tax Code, there may be viable defenses:

• You didn't realize you owed a tax debt.
• You didn't know you needed to report income, such as gifts.
• You believed that your accountant or tax preparer had declared the income.

In cases where it is clear that the defendant did not pay enough taxes, it can be hard to prove tax fraud. In order to prove someone is guilty of defrauding the government the prosecution must establish intent: misreporting information can happen simply because someone misunderstands how deductions work or how the tax code applies to certain kinds of business income.

The IRS would prefer not to have to go to trial if it doesn't have to. Stepping forward before they find out you have made a mistake or failed to report accurate information can mean the difference between a fine and probation and going to prison.

 

The Houston, Texas law office of Kuniansky & Associates will work diligently to ensure your rights are protected.
If you are facing potential tax evasion or tax fraud charges, it is critical that you use a legal defense team with specific experience and expertise dealing with these types of charges. Our clients include individual businessmen as well as corporate officers and directors facing charges or investigations for tax fraud, wire fraud, antitrust violations, money laundering and embezzlement.

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