Blogs
Bruce Judson: Is the Robo-Mortgage Scandal the Back-End of Tax Evasion and Fraud?
The terms for the settlement of the robo-mortgage scandal and the states participating in the settlement are expected to be resolved soon. Unfortunately, as this settlement approaches, new and grave questions have emerged.
Kenneth Kales: Dot-com Deadbeats
Yes, you and I always have paid the sales tax on what we buy in a store. It is a populist approach and we have accepted it. But that's largely not the case when we buy online.
Fiona Fernie: Has Tackling Tax Evasion Reached a Turning Point?
The deal marks an important point in the UK fight against offshore tax evasion and comes at a time when both the U.S. and Germany are also focusing heavily on the issue.
Preeti Vissa: Advice to the Special Budget Committee: Go After Tax Evaders, Spare Seniors
Before it even thinks about cutting programs that literally keep people alive, the congressional special committee should make sure that the IBMs and General Electrics of the world pay their fair share.
Jody Myers: Blow, Bling and Bucks: IMF Work Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Drug traffickers, diamond smugglers, and terrorists' financiers around the world have one thing in common: they abuse the financial system to "clean" the proceeds they have obtained from their illegal work, or to transfer funds to achieve their destructive aims.
Nathan Newman: How Amazon's Unfair Practices Are Worsening State Budget Crises
With such great service and wide popularity with its customers, why does Amazon feel it can only compete with an unfair tax advantage?
William Meers: Is Swiss Banking Still the Way to Go for Private Banking?
Concepts such as offshore bank accounts are often, unreasonably, associated with criminal activity and tax evasion -- and tax havens as being the location where this activity takes place and is facilitated.
David Callahan: Google's Tax Avoidance: So Much for "Don't Be Evil"
Over the years, there have been a dribble of stories about how Google tries to avoid paying taxes on foreign profits. In 2007, Google was investigated for tax evasion in China.
Robert Reich: Closing Tax Loopholes for Billionaires
Call me old fashioned but I just think it's wrong that a single hedge fund manager earns a billion dollars, when a billion dollars would pay the salaries of about 20,000 teachers.
Damien Hoffman: The Top 7 Corporate Tax Evaders
Want to hear something worth having a tea party about? Some of the largest US corporations have mastered the art of evading taxes by booking expenses in the US and profits in low-tax countries.
