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What You Need to Know About the Tax Fraud Surge in Electronic Filing

Taxes have become easier than ever to send in due to TurboTax and similar programs that claim to help first-timers file their returns like seasoned veterans. But with the ease of electronic filing also comes a very real danger: Tax fraud. It’s not a new concept, but as with many areas of society, laws and regulations […]

Author: Jeffrey R. Pittard

March 21, 2017

Political Watchdog Groups Impacting Corporate Tax

With an increasing number of Americans feeling disconnected from the political process, it is heartening to hear stories in which public opinion and political watchdog groups have a marked impact on political discourse. According to Joshua Holland, a reporter for BillMoyers.com, that is precisely what is going on regarding the so-called tax extenders. The tax […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

December 16, 2014

IRS Atty: Officials Giving Away Billions And Tax Evasion

An Internal Revenue Service lawyer in the Office of Chief Counsel in New York is claiming that the organization’s officials are giving away billions via tax evasion to corporations and the undermining of whistleblowers. In a letter sent to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and copied to Sens. Chuck Grassley, Elizabeth Warren, […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

October 30, 2014

OECD Proposal On Tax Avoidance Approved By G20 To Little Fanfare

The issue of corporate taxation has taken center stage in many policy-makers’ minds across the world, yet difficulties in agreeing on a solution seem to have resulted in an effective “paralysis.” According to PwC and OECD data cited by The Economist, the global average corporate income tax as a share of profits is continuing to […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

October 7, 2014

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Sen. Dick Durbin Urges Hospira Not To Invert

After finding some success in pressuring Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens not to invert, Sen. Dick Durbin has set his sights on another multinational in his home state. The Senator sent a letter to the CEO of Lake Forest, Illinois-based Hospira on Aug. 14, urging them not to undergo a corporate inversion, according to The Chicago Tribune. An […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

August 27, 2014

What Corporate Inversions Are Telling Us (And What Washington Refuses To Hear)

What do AbbVie and Shire; Walgreens and Alliance Boots GmbH; Pfizer and AstraZeneca; Medtronics and Covidien Plc; Perrigo and Elan;, Actavis and Warner-Chilcott have in common? They are companies undertaking corporate inversion transactions whereby the U.S. company seeks to save taxes by removing its worldwide operations from the U.S. tax system. An inversion is the […]

Author: James F. McDonough

July 30, 2014

New Durbin Bill Seeks To Keep Corporations From Exporting Jobs

With the increasing frequency of corporate inversions in recent years and the breakneck pace at which even domestic corporations are shipping jobs overseas, it isn’t surprising that the U.S. government wants to find a way to incentivize big companies to keep their jobs here. With the election coming up, there seems to be little chance of […]

Author: James F. McDonough

July 9, 2014

Senators consider closing tax inversion loophole

Two senior U.S. senators are now working on legislation that might help to combat the recent tide of corporate emigration to places like Ireland, Holland and other foreign countries, according to The Wall Street Journal. Chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, noted that he views this trend as a symptom of the […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

May 23, 2014

IRS Chief: U.S. Can't End Corporate inversions

In the wake of a spate of corporate inversions over the last two years, regulators are considering ways to curb the use of this tax strategy, under which corporations move overseas to enjoy lower income tax rates. On April 30, a U.S. Treasury official told Reuters that the Obama administration is focused on ways to […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

May 12, 2014

States Pursue Offshore Tax-Free Income

While many reliable sources in Washington are saying that the odds of either President Obama’s corporate tax reform bill or Republican Camp’s bill getting passed this year are slim to none, some states aren’t waiting to conduct their own reform.. While many reliable sources in Washington are saying that the odds of either President Obama’s corporate tax reform […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

March 24, 2014

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U.S., Australia Agree to Battle Tax Evasion

Tax evasion is currently a major topic of conversation, with a Senate Hearing in the near future focusing on Swiss banks. In another major move, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said that Australia has agreed to sign a tax evasion agreement, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The U.S. and Australia have yet to sign the agreement, but plan […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

March 10, 2014

Senate Hearing to Address Offshore Tax Evasion

Offshore tax evasion is a clear violation of tax law, and this topic will be the focus of a Senate hearing that will take place in the near future. Offshore tax evasion is a clear violation of tax law, and this topic will be the focus of a Senate hearing that will take place in […]

Author: Frank L. Brunetti

February 28, 2014

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