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Southern hospitality and the Internal Revenue Service might seem like an unlikely combination but for Cary and Angela Bryson, a husband and wife team that co-founded the Bryson Law Firm, LLC it's the only way to do business.

Yes. The IRS can take your Social Security to satisfy a tax debt.

In fact, in July 2000, not only did the new Federal Payment Levy Program allow the IRS to dip into some Social Benefits paid to you, but it can also money that you've received from:

When the IRS prosecutes, tax evasion is not always the only charge (if it's charged at all).

Depending on who you ask, some people may say that tax avoidance is either "smart business" or it's "immoral".

Can you guess what has become the drastic "collection method of choice" for the IRS in recent years?

As of April 30, 2011 The IRS had identified 775,723 tax returns with $4.6 billion claimed in fraudulent refunds and prevented the issuance of $4.4 billion of those fraudulent tax refunds.  That is a prevention rate of nearly 96%.  This represents a 171% increase in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified during the same period in 2010.

History has its share of famous (and infamous) people who have made attempts to cheat the IRS and paid the price...

Will raising taxes on wealthy Americans pay off our country's massive debt? Here's some food for thought.

Federal agents have temporarily closed Calmes Motorsport, which is under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division, an agency spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Did you know that you have the power as an individual taxpayer to appeal almost any decision made by the IRS?