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    Beanie Baby Founder Pleads Guilty to $53-Million Tax Evasion post image

    Beanie Baby Founder Pleads Guilty to $53-Million Tax Evasion

    Ty Warner, founder of the iconic Beanie Baby empire, has agreed to plead guilty to federal tax evasion charges. His admission comes only days after being listed by Forbes as one of the richest people in the world. Warner was formally charged last week in a U.S. District Court for hiding more than $3.1 million in […]

    Author: Frank L. Brunetti

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    Report: Rising Number of Americans Relinquish Citizenship to Avoid High Taxes post image

    Report: Rising Number of Americans Relinquish Citizenship to Avoid High Taxes

    A growing number of Americans are renouncing their U.S. citizenship and handing in their passports at faster rates in an effort to avoid rising high tax rates and complicated tax law, according to a newly-published government report. The Internal Revenue Service released its Quarterly Publication of Individuals who have chosen to Expatriate in the Federal Register. The […]

    Author: Frank L. Brunetti

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    The U.S. Announces Penalty Rates for Swiss Banks Involved in Tax Probe post image

    The U.S. Announces Penalty Rates for Swiss Banks Involved in Tax Probe

    The Department of Justice unveiled a new program designed to both encourage Swiss banks to cooperate with U.S. investigations into tax evasion and outline potential penalties these financial institutions may face for hindering these tax law cases. U.S. authorities announced that Swiss banks seeking to avoid prosecution for facilitating tax evasion through the use of secret […]

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    Rapper 'Fat Joe' Goes to Prison for Tax Evasion post image

    Rapper 'Fat Joe' Goes to Prison for Tax Evasion

    The Rapper Fat Joe, whose real name is Joseph Cartagena, has voluntarily reported to federal prison in Florida to serve a four-month sentence for tax evasion. Fat Joe, who was charged with tax law violations in New Jersey, pleaded guilty in December 2012 to failing to pay taxes on more than $1 million of income […]

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    IRS Launches New Online FATCA Recording System post image

    IRS Launches New Online FATCA Recording System

    The Internal Revenue Service is one step closer to strengthening an international community devoted to fighting tax evasion and sharing information about potential tax cheats. After several stops and starts, the agency announced it has unveiled a new online registration for American and foreign financial institutions that need to comply with the Foreign Account Tax […]

    Author: Frank L. Brunetti

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    U.S., Cayman Islands Reach Tax Deal post image

    U.S., Cayman Islands Reach Tax Deal

    Falling in line with the push for greater global collaboration to combat tax evasion, the United States and the Cayman Islands have reached a tax deal to fight violations. The partnership – which is partially designed to encourage other low-tax and favorable tax havens to join the U.S’s anti-tax evasion legislation – means that the […]

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    Will the Bitcoin Become a New Tax Evasion Tool? post image

    Will the Bitcoin Become a New Tax Evasion Tool?

    Bitcoins, a controversial but highly popular global digital currency, is being used by more consumers to make several types of transactions. Although no government has recognized the bitcoin as a legitimate currency or placed concrete value on its use, the anonymity afforded to bitcoin users, coupled with the growing trend of bartering them for assets that carry […]

    Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

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    Six U.S. States Involved in Norwegian Tax Evasion Case post image

    Six U.S. States Involved in Norwegian Tax Evasion Case

    In another example of international cooperation to quell Norwegian tax evasion, a quiet investigation is expected to reveal the identities of Norwegian taxpayers with secret U.S. bank accounts and of residents of Norway who should be, but aren’t, paying taxes there. Federal courts in six U.S. states have granted the Internal Revenue Service permission to […]

    Author: Frank L. Brunetti

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    U.S., State Governments Rely on New Software to Combat Tax Fraud post image

    U.S., State Governments Rely on New Software to Combat Tax Fraud

    As the Internal Revenue Service attempts to close the multibillion-dollar tax gap, a large portion of its resources are being geared to combat tax fraud involving sizable assets. This includes offshore tax havens, tax evasion, and, as of late, unpaid or incorrectly calculated estate taxes. However, recent crimes relating to sophisticated identity theft rings have also […]

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    Self-Proclaimed Tax Fraud 'Queen' Condemned to 21 Years in Prison post image

    Self-Proclaimed Tax Fraud 'Queen' Condemned to 21 Years in Prison

    Rashia Wilson, the self-proclaimed tax fraud “queen” who taunted her crimes to authorities via social media, has been sentenced by a district court to 21 years in federal prison for her various tax law violations. U.S. District Judge James Moody handed down the sentence – which is the most severe ruling given so far in […]

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    Treasury, IRS Delay FATCA Withholding Provision post image

    Treasury, IRS Delay FATCA Withholding Provision

    Financial institutions around the world will have more time to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) as the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department will delay implementation of the withholding provision until July 1, 2014. The agencies said high interest in the program from financial institutions prompted it to delay the program by six […]

    Author: Frank L. Brunetti

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    Global Tax Evasion Compliance Deadline Nears post image

    Global Tax Evasion Compliance Deadline Nears

    In one of the largest coordinated global tax evasion strategies in history, the United States is on pace to open up registration to foreign financial firms that service U.S. clients on July 15, 2013. The financial industry continues to lobby for more time and the Internal Revenue Service has not yet released registration procedures and […]

    Author: Frank L. Brunetti

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