Credit Suisse AG is handing over more internal documents to U.S. authorities in response to Washington's crackdown on tax evasion, according to one of its internal memos. All client-specific data have been removed from the business records that will be transferred, as they were from the first batch of records. The employees whose names are…
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Justice Department Announces New Directive to Fight Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
The Justice Department's tax division announced Sept. 18 a new directive (No. 144) aimed at streamlining the prosecution of stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) cases. Tax Division Directive 144, which takes effect on Oct. 1, 2012, will allow prosecutors in U.S. Attorneys’ Offices that designate a point of contact for SIRF cases to open tax-related grand…
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Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Attorney Pleads Guilty in Tax Shelter Scheme
Donna Guerin, 52, a former partner at the now defunct Jenkens & Gilchrist law firm, entered the plea in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion. During the guilty plea proceeding Guerin acknowledged that she knew that the tax shelter transactions would be allowed by the IRS only if…
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Treasury's Assistant Secretary Corwin to Meet with Government Officials to Discuss Efforts to Combat Offshore Tax Evasion in Asia & Europe.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs Manal Corwin will travel to Europe on September 17-21 and to Asia on September 24-28. Corwin will meet with members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), members of the Global Forum on Tax and…
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