Mar 29, 2026
France to try alleged Magnitsky Affair mastermind Dimitry Klyuev in absentia
Prosecutors are set to unseal "aggravated money laundering" charges against Klyuev in one of the most prominent cases tied to the alleged tax fraud scheme.
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Mar 05, 2026
IRS criminal referrals against big corporations and ultrawealthy plummeted during Trump’s first year
New data shows how a key office hammered by layoffs and cost-cutting referred at most two cases in fiscal year 2025.
Sep 02, 2025
Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes that the termination letters were written for the agency by the OPM and its cuts failed to follow internal IRS procedures.
Jul 11, 2025
Former Real Madrid manager mentioned in Pandora Papers receives suspended jail term in tax fraud case
Spanish courts hit Carlo Ancelotti, now head coach of Brazil, with a one-year suspended prison term and a fine.
May 23, 2025
How a Pentagon contractor built a global empire — and a massive tax evasion scheme
Douglas Edelman rose from owning a bar in Kyrgyzstan to winning $7 billion in defense contracts, only to plead guilty this week to hiding his fortune from U.S. tax authorities.
Mar 28, 2025
The IRS unit that audits billionaires has lost 38% of its employees since January, new data shows
As Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy, the cuts at the IRS may be especially good news for America’s wealthiest taxpayers.
Mar 03, 2025
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say
The upheaval undermines the agency’s quest to tackle high-end tax cheating.
Feb 13, 2025
Trump pulled the US out of global tax agreements and negotiations. It may backfire.
Advocates say America’s retreat may help the process go more smoothly.
Dec 16, 2024
IRS criminal referrals to US prosecutors hit a 40-year low in 2024
New data shows agents sent fewer cases for prosecution, compounding concerns the tax agency is taking an overly soft stance toward the wealthiest taxpayers.
Nov 12, 2024
King Charles’ godson had extensive business ties with a US defense contractor now accused of a massive tax evasion scheme, records show
Lord Charles Tryon, who is not accused of wrongdoing, held key positions in several firms prosecutors allege were part of the contractor’s efforts to conceal more than $350 million in profits.
Oct 02, 2024
After a Deloitte client’s $2.4B tax dodge faltered, the accounting giant won’t say if it helped others exploit the same loophole
ICIJ reviewed hundreds of pages of court records to examine the Big Four firm's role in a controversial tax maneuver, which one expert labeled "easily replicable."
Sep 13, 2024
Top EU court rules Apple owes Ireland over $14B in back taxes
The court concluded Ireland illegally cut the tech company a preferential tax deal, after Paradise Papers revealed major tax advantages.
Aug 29, 2024
Under industry pressure, IRS division blocked agents from using new law to stop wealthy tax dodgers
High-powered tax attorneys bemoaned the 2010 legislation meant to crack down on big-dollar tax shelters. They ended up writing parts of an IRS directive that essentially undid it.
Aug 23, 2024
UN votes to adopt roadmap for global tax convention
The vote clears the way for U.N. member states negotiate a historic framework to tackle international tax dodging and curb tax-related illicit financial flows.
Jul 31, 2024
US, Germany key holdouts as G20 nations push for a plan to tax world’s billionaires
Calls for a global minimum tax rate for the ultrarich were stymied at a meeting of the world’s top finance leaders in Brazil.
Jul 16, 2024
IRS crackdown on millionaire tax dodgers yields $1 billion, Treasury says
The tax agency, once beleaguered by budget cuts, has sought to use an influx of funding under the Biden administration to boost enforcement of tax laws on the rich and large corporations.
Jun 28, 2024
Top economist pitches global billionaire tax to G20 finance leaders
The coordinated push would tax the world’s ultrarich 2% of their wealth annually, and could generate $250 billion in revenue for governments per year, according to a new report.
Jun 25, 2024
IRS plans to shut tax loophole for the ultrawealthy, raise more than $50 billion
New rules will target a long-time tactic used by sprawling corporate structures to dodge taxes in a way the U.S. Treasury now says is illegal.
Jun 25, 2024
Big oil companies reject tax transparency push by activist investor
Nonprofit Oxfam America had sought to encourage Chevron and others to publicly report additional details about their business operations around the world.
Jun 11, 2024
How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats
Newly obtained data shows the IRS division that audits corporations and the ultrarich flagged no more than 22 possible tax crimes over the past five years — roughly 40 times fewer criminal referrals than from the unit covering small businesses.
Jun 03, 2024
Wealthy countries push back as UN moves ahead with global tax plan
A minority of countries that opposed a legally binding U.N. tax convention may seek to water it down, experts warn, risking the new convention becoming as “inconsequential as the OECD.”
Apr 22, 2024
New ethical guidelines for tax professionals announced following global scandals
Citing both ICIJ’s Pandora and Paradise Papers revelations, an international accounting organization has for the first time urged accountants to consider public interest — and harm — when working on tax minimization schemes.
Apr 03, 2024
How investment firms shield the ultrawealthy from the IRS
An ICIJ investigation examining hundreds of leaked tax forms offers a glimpse into the huge challenges the U.S. agency faces in tackling the favorite new global investment vehicles of the world's most wealthy.
Mar 19, 2024
New data shows IRS’s 10-year struggle to investigate tax crimes
The number of cases the wider U.S. tax agency refers to its criminal unit has plummeted.
Feb 21, 2024
Inside the IRS unit taking on America’s millionaires and billionaires
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is seeking to use an infusion of funding to keep up with the ever-evolving tax maneuvers of the ultra-rich — while staving off frequent political attacks.