Tax Evasion

Representation Without Taxation: Study Says Most Corporations Avoid US Income Tax

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Carl Levin, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Income Tax, Tax Evasion, Corporate Greed, Business News

WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress. The s...

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Sen. Levin Calls For UBS To Clean Up Or Shut Down Over Tax Evasion

Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Senator Carl Levin, UBS Shut Down, Swiss Bank, Tax Fraud, UBS Close, Tax Evasion, UBS Probe, Carl Levin, Tax Cheats, Ubs, Business News

**UPDATE** The Wall Street Journal reports that UBS will close private-banking operations for U.S. clients: A UBS AG executive told a U.S. Senate pa...

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Super Rich Tax Cheats Outed by Bank Clerk

ABC News | Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Wealthy Tax Evaders, Wealthy, Lichtenstein, Rich Tax Evaders, Swiss Banks, Secret Bank Accounts, Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion, Heinrich Keiber, Tax Cheats, Ubs, Business News

Hundreds of super-rich American tax cheats have, in effect, turned themselves in to the IRS after a bank computer technician in the tiny European coun...

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Changing the Topic

Mark Kleiman | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mcclellan, Liberal Media Bias, Mccain, Obama, Uncle, Wayword Press, Tax Evasion, Lobbyist, Ubs, Gramm, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

In politics, who "wins" the argument is less important that who decides what the argument is about. Republicans have learned that lesson. Democrats need to catch up.

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The $100 Billion Lineup

Sen. Carl Levin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Irs, Liechtenstein, Internal Revenue Service, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, U.S. Taxpayers, Tax Evasion, Tax Cheats, Taxpayers, Politics News
Sen. Carl Levin

Over 50 tax havens operate in the world today, helping tax cheats offload their tax burden onto the backs of honest taxpayers who are left to make up the difference.

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Wealthy Client Avoids Paying $20 Million In Taxes

Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 02.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Tax Evaders, Roth IRAs, Wealthy, David Twiddy, Tax Evasion, Wealth, Tax Rates, Taxing the Rich, Business News

The debate over taxing the rich tends to focus too much on changing the official tax rates. The real issue is getting the wealthy to pay their officia...

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