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by George G Jones and Mark A. Luscombe
October 6 -
IRS Continues Crackdown, Sues for Disclosure of Offshore Accounts: Continuing its crackdown on offshore accounts, the Internal Revenue Service went to court in an effort to force more than 40 companies, including AOL Time Warner, eBay and American Airlines, to surrender information on customers that the agency suspects are hiding income in offshore accounts.
September 22 -
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Times change. Many practitioners who considered themselves on the cutting edge several years ago when they found and implemented aggressive tax-planning strategies are now concerned that someone at the Internal Revenue Service, or even the Securities and Exchange Commission, may second-guess the propriety of their past activities.
September 21 -
by George G. Jones and Mark A. Luscombe
August 31 -
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Big Increase in High AGI Returns: The number of income tax returns reporting adjusted gross income of $200,000 or more increased 16.5 percent from 1998 to 1999, according to the latest issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin.
August 18 -
by George G. Jones and Mark A. Luscombe
August 18 -
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IRS disregards privacy, says IPI: The recent release by the Internal Revenue Service of confidential tax data on many prominent United States citizens, including a current candidate for governor of California, demonstrates the IRS’s total disregard for the privacy of U.S. taxpayers, according to Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, a nonprofit public policy research organization based in Dallas.
August 4 -
by George G. Jones and Mark A. Luscombe
August 4 -
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Armey: Change Tax Code to Avoid 'Corporate Inversion': Instead of penalizing companies for trying to minimize their taxes by switching their headquarters to foreign countries, Congress needs to change the tax code itself, says Congressman Dick Armey.
July 7 -
by George G. Jones and Mark A. Luscombe
July 7 -
by George G. Jones and Mark A. Luscombe
June 16 -
New Refund Status Check Put Through Trial Run: The Internal Revenue Service is testing a new Internet-based service that will allow taxpayers to check the status of their refunds at anytime from anywhere. The Web application is expected to be fully operational for the 2003 filing season.
June 16 -
Grassley Knocks Stanley Works Bermuda Move: Shareholders of tool maker Stanley Works approved relocating the company’s legal residence to Bermuda, a move that angers Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance.
June 2 -
By George G. Jones and Mark A. Luscombe
June 2