{"id":30372,"date":"2017-10-26T13:20:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resource-center.hrblock.com\/?p=30372"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:16:48","slug":"tax-dictionary-tax-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/tax-dictionary-tax-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>IRS Definition<\/h2>\n<p>Although not all inclusive, listed below are some of the criminal activities in violations of the tax law:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deliberately underreporting or omitting income<\/li>\n<li>Overstating the amount of deductions<\/li>\n<li>Keeping two sets of books<\/li>\n<li>Making false entries in books and records<\/li>\n<li>Claiming personal expenses as business expenses<\/li>\n<li>Claiming false deductions<\/li>\n<li>Hiding or transferring assets or income<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More from H&amp;R Block<\/h2>\n<p>Tax fraud is a deliberate act of understating income and\/or overstating deductions with the intent of avoiding paying the correct amount of taxes. It is much more than just leaving something off a tax return. The IRS must prove that you intentionally made the error. Tax fraud is a criminal offense punishable by fines and\/or prison time.<\/p>\n<p>Need help with an audit? Learn how to handle an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/irs-audits\/\">IRS audit of your individual tax return<\/a> or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/irs-business-tax-audit\/\">IRS audit of your business tax return<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS Definition Although not all inclusive, listed below are some of the criminal activities in violations of the tax law: Deliberately underreporting or omitting income Overstating the amount of deductions Keeping two sets of books Making false entries in books and records Claiming personal expenses as business expenses Claiming false deductions Hiding or transferring assets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs","category-audits-and-tax-notices"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Tax Dictionary: Tax Fraud | H&amp;R Block<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tax fraud is more than just leaving an item off a return. 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