Sep. 3, 2009
Brass Tax
A recent 1st Circuit case dealt a frightening blow to taxpayers' rights
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
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Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
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By Robert W. Wood A furor currently swirls around IRS access to Swiss bank account information, with resulting pressure on U.S. taxpayers who've been hiding income or assets to come clean. In this environment of enhanced transparency, it may seem odd to suggest that there are good reasons for the IRS's access to certain documents to be limited. Of course, there's no doubt that U.S. tax law requires taxpayers to report their worldwide in...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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