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Autore |
Rostain Tanina |
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Confidence games : lawyers, accountants, and the tax shelter industry / / Tanina Rostain and Milton C. Regan, Jr |
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Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-32317-6 |
0-262-52977-7 |
0-262-32316-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (421 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tax shelters - United States - History |
Tax shelters - Law and legislation - United States - History |
Corporations - Taxation - United States - History |
Taxation - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments and Note on Sources; Introduction; Part I Shelters Rising; 1 The IRS under Siege; 2 Why Tax Shelters Matter; 3 Gimme Shelters; Part II Accounting Firms; 4 The Skunk Works; 5 Watson's Choice; 6 Accounting for Fraud; 7 Dances with Wolves; Part III Law Firms; 8 The Texas Juggernaut; 9 Lowering the Bar; Part IV The Reckoning; 10 Turning the Tide; 11 The Government Closes In; 12 Endgame: KPMG and Jenkens; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The rise and fall of a tax shelter industry that enabled some of America's richest citizens to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. |
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