Taxes

May 6, 2013 

A Miami federal grand jury is investigating South Florida's preeminent affordable-housing developer, the Carlisle Development Group, on allegations that it bilked the U.S. government out of millions of dollars in tax subsidies used to finance more than a dozen rental projects in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

May 6, 2013 

Out of Mississippi's 120 state agencies, boards and commissions, dozens have gone years without a comprehensive state audit, including the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, which went a decade without a full state review.

May 5, 2013 

A member of an anti-government movement known as the "Sovereign Movement," has been sentenced to 98 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a money laundering conspiracy.

May 5, 2013 

The IRS has released the 2014 inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts (HSAs) in Rev. Proc. 2013-25.

May 3, 2013 

In a recently released report to Congress, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that while the IRS has collected billions of dollars from offshore tax evasion, it may be missing even more.

May 3, 2013 

Shaun Donovan, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, joined Gov. Chris Christie on Monday to announce federal approval of the state's plan to spend $1.8 billion to rebuild after superstorm Sandy.

May 2, 2013 

An estimate released Wednesday by the state's Independent Fiscal Office shows a $520 million shortfall between projected general fund revenues and Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget through the end of the next fiscal year.

May 2, 2013 

Struggling Diebold Inc. started 2013 with one major job cut -- that of now former Chief Executive Officer Thomas Swidarski.

May 2, 2013 

A federal court in San Francisco has granted an order authorizing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a summons seeking information about US taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts with FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB), a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

April 30, 2013 

Records: 75 percent of $178M in FEMA Sandy aid has gone to debris removal

April 30, 2013 

Faced with power outages, client losses and homeless staff, how WithumSmith+Brown overcame Hurricane Sandy

Isaac M. O'Bannon

April 29, 2013 

As we wrap up another busy season, we have the chance to catch our breath and reflect on the past few months. When reflecting to the beginning of 2013, many of us recall the fear of the unknown on various tax guidance and advice we had given the previous year.

Steven M. Phelan