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Weisberg Kainen Mark, PL is pleased to announce that our partner Alan L. Weisberg has been recognized by his peers as the Best Lawyers 2025 edition “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation and Controversy – Tax in Miami. According to Best Lawyers®, Alan is the singular top lawyer in this field and jurisdiction this year. He is also recognized for his exceptional work in: Tax Law Criminal Defense: Read More
Dennis G. Kainen Recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
Weisberg Kainen Mark, PL is pleased to announce that our partner Dennis G. Kainen has been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for his exceptional work in: Tax Law Criminal Defense: White-Collar Criminal Defense: General Practice Litigation and Controversy. This prestigious honor reflects his unwavering commitment to excellence and dedication to his clients. Read More
Best Lawyers for 2021 Recognitions
Weisberg Kainen Mark, PL is pleased to announce several recognitions received from Best Lawyers for 2021: Alan L. Weisberg was recognized for his work in the areas of Tax Law and Criminal Defense: White Collar. Dennis G. Kainen was recognized for his work in the areas of Tax Law, Criminal Defense: White Collar and Criminal Defense: General Practice. Brielle L. Mark was recognized for her work in the area Read More
IRS Releases New Guidance on Voluntary Tax Disclosures
Written by McNair Law Firm Dec. 3 2018 https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/irs-releases-new-guidance-on-voluntary-85195/ A bedrock of IRS administrative practice has been the voluntary disclosure. Where an individual or business has not filed tax returns or believes they may have criminal tax exposure for prior actions, IRS procedures have long-sanctioned a form of “criminal tax amnesty” if the taxpayer Read More
NYT: U.S. Prosecutors Bring Their First Charges Over the Panama Papers
By Jesse Drucker Dec. 4, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/business/panama-papers-indictment.html Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment on Tuesday that contained the first charges brought in the United States in connection with the so-called Panama Papers leak. The indictment, which a grand jury returned in late September, names four men connected to Mossack Fonseca, the Read More
Federal Tax Crimes
California Plastic Surgeon Sentenced to One Year and One Day for FBAR Violation (9/14/18) Posted: 24 Sep 2018 08:33 AM PDT DOJ announced here another sentence related to offshore accounts. Marc Edward Mani, a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, was sentenced for one plea count of FBAR violation. I previously reported his plea: Another Plea Agreement for Offshore Account (7/29/17; 7/30/17), here. I also Read More
5 Points To Consider As Overseas Disclosure Program Ends
By Amy Lee Rosen Law360, Los Angeles (May 14, 2018, 10:42 PM EDT) -- While the IRS’ termination of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program has left many hopeful it will be extended or replaced, potential violators who have yet to disclose their foreign bank accounts need to weigh their options, with the most important question being whether to enter the program before it shuts down. The IRS decided in March it Read More
Cash deposits will be limited to account owners or authorized signers
What is happening To help reduce criminal activity and protect your account, we'll be making changes to our policy for cash deposits made at Wells Fargo branches. Once our policy takes effect in a few weeks, we'll only accept cash deposits into your Wells Fargo Consumer checking or savings accounts if it is coming from an account owner or authorized signer. What you should know If a non-account owner needs to deposit Read More
Look Out, Meghan Markle! The IRS Is Watching
Some timely advice before a royal wedding that will raise daunting and complex tax issues By Laura Saunders Dear Meghan, Congratulations on finding your Prince Charming! I don’t want to be the bad fairy at the festivities, but we need to have a serious talk about taxes. Meghan, I know you lived as a U.S. citizen in Canada and may be aware of tax issues faced by the seven million or so Americans living abroad. And I Read More
Ex-CFO Of 'Soup Nazi' Co. Gets 9 Months For Tax Evasion
By: Taylor Arluck The former chief financial officer of the business popularized by the "Soup Nazi" character in the sitcom "Seinfeld" received a nine-month sentence on Thursday in New York federal court for failing to pay federal income, Medicare and Social Security taxes. Soupman Inc.'s former CFO Robert N. Bertrand, 63, received a nine-month prison sentence followed by a one-year term of supervised release after Read More
