The southern state of Tamil Nadu filed a lawsuit seeking what it claims are unpaid taxes for phone sales from Nokia Corp. The new court filing, separate from an earlier Indian tax claim against the Finland-based company, alleges that Nokia failed to pay appropriate sales taxes for devices made at […]
The proper use of retirement accounts is an important part of tax planning for many people. In part, this is because there are some very specific rules that apply to the tax treatment of individual retirement accounts (IRAs). In order to use IRAs effectively to benefit from tax-deferred investments, it […]
The due date for filing individual income taxes is now less than three weeks away. Many people have of course already filed their taxes. But what if, for whatever reason, you are struggling to meet the April 15 deadline? In this post, we will discuss some of the considerations and […]
Andreas Bachmann, former banker at Credit Suisse Group, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, March 10th, of helping Americans conceal their money in offshore Swiss accounts. Offering his services to dozens of Americans with Swiss bank accounts, Bachmann carried around large sums of cash on flights between the United States and Switzerland. […]
Federal authorities are increasing their efforts to battle what they say is a growing problem of fraudulent filings seeking tax refunds based on stolen identities. Even those not normally associated with white-collar crime are being attracted to the simplicity of the scam which involves repeatedly filing false tax returns electronically […]
The Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Teresa and Joe Giudice are facing very real trouble after pleading guilty to several charges of their 41-count indictment on various fraud and tax charges, according to US Weekly. Originally, the couple had pled not guilty to two charges in November. “Teresa and […]
It’s been awhile since we devoted a post on this blog to tax issues relating to implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known on Obamacare). As we noted in our December 17 post last year, the IRS is deeply involved in this implementation. This involvement goes well beyond […]
Political tension could rise if it becomes widely known that under diplomatic agreements instigated by the U.S. targeting tax evasion, U.S. financial firms will be required to share information on foreign-born U.S. residents with foreign governments. According to the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, foreign financial institutions will be […]
Political commentators sometimes opine that in a democracy, we get the government we deserve. As a broad sociological statement, perhaps there is some truth in this statement. For individual taxpayers, however, it is difficult to understand why the IRS fails to provide better customer service. In this post, we will […]
This is a follow-up to our post two weeks ago on the hearing in Congress on the status of U.S. investigations into alleged offshore tax evasion facilitated by Swiss banks. As we noted in our February 20 post, the large bank at the center of the current controversy is Credit […]