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KPMG Trial, Pared in Scope, Nears After Stormy Prologue
It was once billed as the biggest tax-fraud case in U.S. history. Then a federal judge devastated prosecutors by dismissing charges against 13 out of 19 targets. But as the landmark case against former executives of accounting giant KPMG heads for trial Oct. 23, more than two years after the initial indictments, the stakes are still high for the government's broad fight against abusive tax shelters. Three former lower-level KPMG executives and an attorney are all that remain of a case that once included the accounting firm's former vice chairman, Jeffrey ... More : online.wsj.com
Yukos tax evasion case adjourned
It will now reopen for preliminary hearings on 14 May. Although the final outcome of the case may not be known for months, analysts say Yukos will lose and have to pay up. Renewed criticism from Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin about tax schemes used by Yukos is being seen as worsening the firm's prospects. Yukos' former chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested last year and faces fraud and tax evasion charges. His arrest was the first sign of the government's clampdown on Yukos, which many consider to be politically motivated. Mr Khodorkovsky had funded liberal opposition groups which broke
House panel votes to expel Traficant
A vote by the full House on the recommendation is expected by early next week. A two-thirds vote is needed to expel. If expelled, Traficant, 61, would become the second member of Congress to be kicked out since the Civil War. The unanimous vote by the 10-member House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct came hours after a defiant Traficant appeared before the committee and urged members to stay any decision on his punishment and to hear from witnesses who could testify on his behalf. "Otherwise, I will break out of prison and I'll make a neck tie out of
Swiss Bank Secrecy Under Renewed Attack
"Anything you enough Slashdotters best start, other precautions for your caching million. Stockwerkartig role of Switzerland as banker to the world discreet to avoid controls rich is threatened as never before, and this time, finally, the country may not be able to assume the rest of the world of curiosity in the legendary "secret" accounts, said to contain between $ 1 and $ 2 trillion trillion. A massive German tax fraud scandal, so to put pressure on Switzerland to cooperate, and the rest of Europe is also Hardening its determination to force them to change them. Par article, "The official
Pirro Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Tax Fraud Charges
Albert J. Pirro Jr., the powerful real estate lawyer and husband of the Westchester County District Attorney, pleaded not guilty today to Federal charges of tax fraud and accused prosecutors of trying to short-circuit his wife's political aspirations. Talking to reporters after his arraignment at the Federal courthouse here, Mr. Pirro suggested that the ''pattern'' of state and Federal investigations into his business dealings seemed to coincide with periodic attempts by his wife, District Attorney Jeanine F. Pirro, to seek higher office. ''You guys have been at this a long time,'' he told reporters. ''I'm sure you can draw your
U.S. Moves Against Promoter Of Tax-Avoidance Maneuver
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday to shut down what it said was a fraudulent scheme to take the corporate concept of acquiring a mailbox in Bermuda to avoid taxes and apply it to individuals. Corporations can, by complex maneuvers, in effect renounce America to avoid taxes on profits earned in the United States. Individuals can do the same if they leave the country. Congress taxes all individuals living in the United States, with minor exceptions, and American citizens regardless of where they live. According to the suit, filed in Federal District Court in Denver, the Take Back America
Laws to curb tax evasion likely
The government is planning to bring in strict laws to check cross-border tax evasion, often achieved through special transactions. Under the proposed legislation, any transaction carried out primarily to evade tax will be denied the benefits extended by the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA); instead, such transactions will be governed under the domestic tax. It will also cover the practice of registering companies in tax havens. Many developed countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, have already enacted laws to contain tax evasion through artificial transactions. In the US, tax havens have already become a major presidential
From Room Numbers To a Cell Number
Four months after the title convicted of two tax rates and fraud, the costs of the Confederation of $ 3.5 million, Brett G. Tollman, Deriving from the rich family owns Trafalgar Tours Manhattan and luxury hotels, is sent to the federal level in prison. Mr. Tollman, 43, was committed to prison for 33 months, plus pay $ 3.6 million in back taxes and penalties. His parents, Stanley S. And Beatrice Tollman, and it is not possible to visit at any time, quickly, as they remain federal fugitives in the same case. Stanley Tollman was built in 2002, at the expense
6 Korean Newspapers May Face Tax Evasion Charges
South Korea's tax authorities have suggested that the six major newspapers to criminal prosecution because of suspicions about taxes. This recommendation comes from an announcement by the Ministry of Finance two weeks ago was that the indictment against the bourgeois media, 23 organizations, in order to avoid whom they accuse of $ 388 million, form of taxes. The civil affairs touched virtually every national organization of messages, including less favorable to newspapers, government, but they have not been severely punished. On Friday, the Ministry of Finance recommends cases against Chosun Ilbo, the largest newspaper in the country, and five other
Another call for tax hike on ballot
Although they have refused any request for a proposal for 2 1 / 2 override before them, Shrewsbury voters are again being asked to approve a proposal for $ 1.5 million, some of schooling, potentially saving jobs. The call for an increase in the tax, it is planned for May 6 city ballot. Last May, a $ 5 million was dismissed just replaced between 5568 and 5160, in an election year, 52% of registered voters Shrewsbury's. In the years 2004 and 2005, it was defeated by wide margins. The city has never approved an increase in taxation overwhelming Proposition 2