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  • September 2008

    • 'Language Barrier', Not Tax Evasion: Rangel

      New York Times  |  Sep 11, 08 10:15 AM CDT

      'Language Barrier', Not Tax Evasion: Rangel

      (Newser) - Rep. Charles Rangel blamed his failure to pay taxes on his rental income from a Caribbean villa to “cultural and language barriers,” reports the New York Times . “Every time I thought I was getting somewhere, they’d start speaking Spanish,” Rangel said of his attempts to sort out his paperwork. The congressman admitted responsibility for his errors and submitted materials for an ethics investigation. More »

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      taxes  • Dominican Republic  • tax evasion  • Charles Rangel  • House Ways and Means Committee  • tax dodge  • Villa

  • July 2008

    • New US Tax Law Looks Heartless to Foreign Workers

      Portfolio  |  Jul 9, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      New US Tax Law Looks Heartless to Foreign Workers

      (Newser) - A new tax law set up to help troops and veterans, offset by taxing wealthy Americans who give up citizenship to beat the IRS, hits some others in the wallet, Portfolio reports. Long-term, legal foreign workers who return home will see unrealized capital gains taxed—potentially damaging the perception of the US as welcoming to overseas talent, say critics. More »

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      US economy  • American troops  • veterans  • immigrant  • green card  • tax  • foreign labor  • tax dodge

    • It's Our Tax Money Going to Helmsley's Dogs

      New York Times  |  Jul 9, 08 8:27 AM CDT

      It's Our Tax Money Going to Helmsley's Dogs

      (Newser) - Leona Helmsley’s latest post-mortem shocker—the revelation that she earmarked $8 billion of her charitable bequest for dog welfare—is a perfect illustration of the insanity of our charity laws, writes Ray Madoff for the New York Times . Helmsley isn’t just spending her own money; because charitable donations are tax-free, the government is essentially subsidizing her whims to the tune of $3.6 billion. More »

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      dog  • charity  • Leona Helmsley  • estate tax  • tax dodge  • Trouble

  • February 2008

    • Homes Raided Nationwide in German Tax Fraud Probe

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 19, 08 8:23 AM CST

      Homes Raided Nationwide in German Tax Fraud Probe

      (Newser) - The fallout from Germany's enormous tax evasion scandal continued yesterday as police began a nationwide raid of the homes and offices of over a hundred people. More than 1,000 rich Germans are suspected of cheating the German treasury out of $5 billion by transferring huge sums to banks and dummy foundations in the tax haven of Liechtenstein. So far the biggest casualty of the affair has been the CEO of Deutsche Post, Europe's largest mail service and the owner of shipping company DHL. More »

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      Germany  • tax evasion  • tax fraud  • tax  • police raids  • tax dodge  • Liechtenstein  • Deutsche Post

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