The Tax Division represents the United States and its officers in most civil and criminal litigation that concerns or relates
to the internal revenue laws. Tax Division attorneys seek to secure correct, uniform and fair interpretations of the
internal revenue laws in federal district and appellate courts and to ensure that uniform standards are applied in
criminal tax prosecutions. Tax Division attorneys work closely with the Internal Revenue Service and
United States Attorneys' Offices to develop tax administration policies; handle civil trial and
appellate litigation in federal and state courts; pursue federal grand jury investigations; and handle criminal prosecutions and appeals.
Significant recent Tax Division initiatives include the following:
- Participating in the
President's Corporate Fraud Task Force
  Working with the Securities and Exchange Commission
to promote corporate integrity
  Pursuing criminal tax investigations and prosecutions of corporate
executives
- Handling criminal investigations and prosecutions of terrorist financing cases
- Fighting abusive and fraudulent tax promotions
  Seeking civil injunctions
against promoters of abusive tax schemes
  Handling criminal prosecutions of major tax fraud promoters
  Working with the Federal Trade Commission to
combat internet fraud schemes
  Using both civil and criminal tools to put tax fraud promoters out of business
- Enforcing IRS summonses for records of corporate tax shelters
- Attacking the use of foreign bank accounts to evade taxes
  Enforcing IRS summonses for records of
offshore credit card transactions
  Initiating criminal investigations of suspects in offshore tax evasion cases
- Combating schemes that cheat the IRS through abuse of the bankruptcy system
- Enhancing policy coordination between the Tax Division and the IRS
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