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Tax Evasion

Lauryn HIll Pays Off $90K, But Will She Avoid Jail Time?

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2013 | Black Voices

By David Jones NEWARK, N.J., May 5 (Reuters) - Hip hop artist Lauryn Hill, on the eve of her scheduled sentencing on federal tax evasi...

G-20 Proposal to End Tax Evasion Won't Work

Martin Lobel | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business
Martin Lobel

The proposal, strongly supported by Treasury, will not work to prevent the biggest source of tax evasion -- multinational corporations use of transfer pricing to shift of profits to low or no tax countries -- and Treasury knows it and, indeed, has opposed OECD efforts to close that loophole.

8 Outrageous Corporate Tax Loopholes

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business

Even though corporate tax breaks cost the U.S. government billions every year, the particulars of how they work remain a mystery to many Americans. Th...

Super-Rich Holding TRILLIONS Offshore

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.29.2013 | Business

The global super-rich are stashing trillions of dollars offshore with the help of some of the world's biggest banks, putting billions of dollars out o...

THOUSANDS Of American Tax Cheats Come Forward

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.26.2013 | Business

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has recouped more than $5.5 billion under a series of programs that offered reduced penalties and no j...

Lauryn Hill Has Two Weeks To Pay $504,000 For Tax Evasion

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2013 | Black Voices

By David Jones NEWARK, April 22 (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer Lauryn Hill was given a two-week reprieve on her sentencing fo...

Group: AT&T, Sears, Verizon and Target Are Involved In Tax Scheme

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 04.18.2013 | Business

CHICAGO -- A Chicago-area transportation agency on Wednesday alleged that some of the nation's largest and best known companies including AT&T, Sears ...

Eleazar David Melendez

Bitcoin Celebrated As Way To Avoid Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleazar David Melendez | Posted 04.16.2013 | Business

It's 364 days until most Americans will once again face a deadline to file their taxes, but Teresa Warmke already has a plan for Tax Day 2014: She's g...

Tax Dodging Costs The EU 1 TRILLION Euros Per Year

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business

* EU tax evasion, avoidance comparable to total output of Spain * Issue to be discussed at next EU summit in May * Pres...

PLAY:'Tax Evaders' Video Game Lets Players Blast Alleged Tax Dodgers

Posted 04.12.2013 | Business

Had enough with all the alleged tax dodging going on these days? There's a video game for that! The Citizen Engagement Lab developed a new game in...

Tax Scandal Big Blow To Hollande

AP | GREG KELLER | Posted 04.03.2013 | World

PARIS — For a French president who came to power on a promise of "irreproachability," naming a lying tax-dodger to be his chief tax collector wa...

When Tax Avoidance Crosses the Line

Christopher Bergin | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
Christopher Bergin

With the economy showing signs of recovery, it's high time that our federal lawmakers move beyond these self-induced crises and begin to talk about tax reform that can help taxpayers move forward with a clear understanding of how the tax code works and how much they owe.

Record Number Of Chinese Couples Divorce To Dodge Tax Law

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2013 | World

By Pete Sweeney SHANGHAI, March 6 (Reuters) - At Shanghai's Zhabei District marriage registration centre, officials divorced a record ...

Reverse the Policies that Are Destroying the Middle Class

Allan Brawley | Posted 04.28.2013 | Politics
Allan Brawley

In their latest book, The Betrayal of the American Dream, Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele present a compelling case that America's middle class is in danger of extinction unless our government reverses course on major policies it has pursued over the last four decades.

Switzerland, U.S. Vow To Crack Down On Tax Evasion

Reuters | Posted 02.14.2013 | Business

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Advancing a U.S. crackdown on tax evasion by Americans, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday Switzerland and the United St...

Judge Slams UBS Clients, Calling Them 'Tax Cheats'

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2013 | Business

* Customers sought to blame bank for tax evasion * Judge says "odd" for "tax cheats" to seek recovery * UBS paid $780 mi...

Bad News For BP

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.05.2013 | Business

Science has determined that people need to know 7.5 things per day, on average, about the world of business. You can't argue with science. Lucky for y...

Major Official To Use Body Of World Leaders To Target Tax Avoidance

AP | CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 03.26.2013 | Business

LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he will use his country's year-long presidency of the G-8 to target tax-dodging tact...

Why Tax Avoidance Doesn't Pay

Reuters | Posted 03.22.2013 | Business

By Tom Bergin and Sinead Cruise LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Growing anger at aggressive tax avoidance by big business has prompted ethi...

8 Cheaters That Make Lance Armstrong Look A Straight Shooter

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.18.2013 | Business

Lance Armstrong, he of illegal performance-enchancing drug confessions, has been called a lot of things recently, among them a "master manipulator" a...

79-Year-Old Woman Facing Prison Time Over Tax Evasion

Reuters | Posted 03.10.2013 | Business

By Lynnley Browning Jan 8 (Reuters) - A 79-year-old Florida woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges of tax evasion through...

Illicit Financial Flows: The Scourge of the Developing World

Raymond Baker | Posted 03.09.2013 | World
Raymond Baker

The West should do three things right away. First, we should eliminate anonymous shell corporations, so no criminal can hide nefarious actions behind an innocent-sounding Delaware LLC or Cayman Islands trust.

Bulgari Accused Of Tax Evasion

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.02.2013 | Style

Bulgari is NOT having a happy new year.

Doctors And Lawyers Are Successfully Dodging Taxes In One Country

Reuters | Posted 02.23.2013 | Business

By Harry Papachristou ATHENS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Greece's drive to crack down on flagrant tax evaders such as doctors and lawyers is f...

Fat Joe Pleads Guilty For What?

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 02.20.2013 | Black Voices

NEWARK, N.J. -- The rap artist "Fat Joe" pleaded guilty Thursday to failing to pay taxes on nearly $3 million in income he earned over two years for p...