Collecting Taxes From Convicted Defendants

August 10, 2016  |  New York Law Journal

At the conclusion of a criminal tax case, a convicted defendant is rightfully most concerned with the prospect of incarceration. There are, however, other consequences of a conviction and, in federal criminal tax cases, the financial ramifications are complicated by the potential for a subsequent civil proceeding brought by the Internal Revenue Service seeking taxes, interest and penalties far beyond what was addressed in the criminal case. This article discusses cases that highlight these issues, and concludes that practitioners need to be cognizant of the financial consequences of tax convictions.

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