Archive for Chicago Criminal Tax Law

State Cracks Down on Gas Station Sales Tax Evasion

Within the last 18 months the Illinois grand juries have indicted 14 gas station operators, charging they withheld a portion of the sales tax they owed to the state.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan has said more than one-fourth of Illinois gas station operators have underreported their fuel taxes.  Along with the Illinois Department of Revenue, [...]

Sales and Use Tax in Illinois

It can be helpful to think of sales tax and use tax as mirror images of each other.  They’re closely related and they’re generally two ways of getting at the same thing.  In both cases the state is collecting a tax on a purchase or a service.  The main difference is whether that tax appears [...]

Sales Tax

As one might expect, the state tends to take tax evasion pretty seriously.  In August six gas station owners were indicted of sales tax evasion by the Attorney General of Illinois.  This was part of a long ongoing probe of gas stations and tax compliance in Illinois which has already recovered $13 million from 66 [...]

Tax Lawyers Horowitz & Weinstein

Horowitz & Weinstein’s operating philosophy is: “Down to Earth Solutions” and we are always aware of what it means to our clients. Regardless of whether we are representing you in a business matter or consumer matter, Horowitz & Weinstein’s attorney’s, who are repeatedly praised and commended for being non-stuffy, accessible, practical, creative, compassionate and savvy, [...]

Chicago Criminal Tax Attorneys Site/Blog

Welcome to the relaunch of the Chicago Criminal Tax Attorneys site, sponsored by the Chicago law firm of Horowitz & Weinstein. This is an updated version of the website that also includes a Blog. We will be posting any news related to Criminal tax law. We are a Chicago law firm which with a history [...]