Archive for May, 2009
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
UBS was the first big tax whistleblower case to hit the press. Cardinal Health has the dubious distinction of being the second. The IRS is pursuing Cardinal Health for $777 million in unpaid tax plus interest and penalties. The unpaid tax stems from an international tax shelter facilitated by Rabobank Group, a Dutch bank ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
President Obama has declares war on multi-national corporations' use of offshore tax shelters. President Obama announced an overhaul of the tax code to "detect and pursue" U.S. tax evaders and go after their offshore tax shelters. Taxpayers can expect more aggressive action by the IRS in pursuing cases submitted under the Tax Whistleblower Reward Program to ...
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
This is too funny not to post. Reporting tax fraud now has its own theme song....
The IRS Tip Line
To the tune of
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
By William J. Wilkins
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* Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LL P, Washington, DC
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The IRS tip line
Oo, oo, I bet ...
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