By Anna Scott Farrell

The owner of a Chicago tax preparation company was sentenced to more than three years in prison for making fraudulent applications for pandemic-era relief loans and ordered to pay $3.6 million in restitution to lenders who made unwarranted payouts, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

By Maria Koklanaris

The postponement of a tax due date does not affect when the clock for refund claims starts running, the California Office of Tax Appeals said in a pending precedential opinion released Monday that involved a pandemic-related extension.

By Anna Scott Farrell

A business owner who used fabricated tax forms to secure $1 million in pandemic relief loans was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a Colorado federal court after admitting one of the companies was inoperative and had no employees.

By Anna Scott Farrell

A hospital forced to suspend its normal business as it responded to the COVID-19 pandemic told a Washington federal court Thursday that it's entitled to an $11.5 million tax refund for employee retention credits and that the IRS has failed to deliver the promised aid.

By Natalie Olivo

A staffing company sued the U.S. government for a $10.8 million employment tax refund, telling a Georgia federal court that the IRS has failed to provide payroll tax credits the agency owed the business under a coronavirus relief program.

By Anna Scott Farrell

Two tax assistance companies are appealing to the Ninth Circuit an Arizona federal court ruling denying their request to stop the IRS from issuing batch denials of thousands of pandemic-era worker credit claims, including those filed by their clients.