Outlook for Criminal Tax Enforcement by Oct 2026

Karen Kelly, former acting assistant attorney general of the Justice Department Tax Division, discusses the upcoming elimination of the division and how it could affect civil and criminal tax enforcement. 

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• House Bill Would Formalize Abolition of DOJ Tax Division
• Tax Community Pushes to Keep DOJ Tax Division Intact
• Idea to Disperse DOJ Tax Lawyers Draws Mixed Initial Reaction

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes