The Internal Revenue Service is considering canceling employee bonuses and using the money to avoid two unpaid furlough days, the agency’s interim leader told staff members in a memo today. The agency made the announcement on the same day that House Republicans proposed a 24 percent, or $2.9 billion, budget cut that would make the…
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IRS Can Subpoena a U.S. Bank on Behalf of the Mexican Taxing Authority!
The Tenth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a motion by a Mexican citizen to quash a subpoena issued on behalf of the Mexican taxing authority (Villarreal v. United States, 10th Cir., No. 12-01131, 4/22/13). The subpoena was issued by the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the Mexican taxing authority, Servicio…
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What your Phone Can Reveal About You – Like How Many Days in the US?
In the modern world of communication, the cell phone has become an extension of ourselves, and some may even refer to it as 'the appendage that is not attached to you.' Your phone might be essential when it comes to organizing your business appointments, reminding you about your wedding anniversary and finding out the latest…
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Swiss Banks “Wanted” With or Without Co-Operation!
On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, we posted DOJ Requests Identification of US Depositors in Bank Weglin - Time To Come Clean? where we discussed that the US Department of Justice has submitted another administrative assistance request to the Swiss authorities, this one demanding the identification of American clients of the private bank Wegelin who were…
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