A Mansfield, Ohio, insurance agent pleaded guilty to willfully failing to file an income tax return with the IRS for 10 years, the agency and the U.S. Justice Department reported.

Former New York Sen. Nicholas A. Spano (35th District) pleaded guilty Feb. 11 in federal court in White Plains, N.Y., to filing fraudulent tax returns involving payment from an insurance company.

Allstate Corp., based in Northbrook, Ill., informed its insurance agents about errors in their tax documents regarding two incentive programs.

Highmark and the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) agreed on a definitive partnership and selected an interim chief executive officer to oversee the implementation of the agreement.

The owner and operator of a Colorado health plan company pleaded guilty to several charges related to his defrauding and embezzling medical benefit clients of up to $7 million.

The Internal Revenue Service said it will allow businesses that improperly labeled their employees as independent contractors a chance to reclassify those workers.

Two former owners of a Stoughton, Mass.-based temporary employment agency were convicted of paying their employees under the table to avoid paying more than $7 million in taxes and workers’ compensation insurance premiums.

Two senators from Pennsylvania are raising concerns about the federal tax treatment for life insurance policy sales and purchases.

The practice of “off-shoring” income, or placing unreported income into foreign accounts, is drawing increased attention from the Internal Revenue Service, according to an international tax attorney.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued new rules separating enrolled retirement plan agent user fees from enrolled agent user fees and lowering the fees charged.