U.S. Brings Series of Criminal Prosecutions Against Offshore Tax Schemes

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Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
20
Issue: 
6
227
Abstract: 
During the period immediately before April 15, 2004, the date for Americans to file their annual income tax returns, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, working with officials from the Tax Division of the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, announced some convictions and brought some new criminal cases against professionals advisers and clients using phony offshore tax schemes, such as trusts, insurance companies, and other entities...[more]