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Tax Avoidance

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  1. Rubin On Tax

    Maltese Pension Plan in the Sights of the IRS

    By Charles Chuck Rubin

    The Maltese pension plan is a planning device for U.S. taxpayers to use the U.S. - Malta tax treaty to obtain tax deferral and tax avoidance benefits similar to a…

  2. Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

    Article: Trusts as Vehicles for Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance: a Critical Study

    By Gerry W. Beyer

    Mohammad Habibur Rahman recently published an article entitled, Trusts as Vehicles for Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance: a Critical Study, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law ejournal (2021). Provided below is…

  3. Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

    Article: Trusts as Vehicles for Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance: a Critical Study

    By Gerry W. Beyer

    Mohammad Habibur Rahman recently published an article entitled, Trusts as Vehicles for Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance: a Critical Study, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law ejournal (2021). Provided below is the…

  4. The Right Coast

    The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ProPublica

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world s richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011.…

  5. International Financial Law Prof Blog

    IRS establishes new “Office of Promoter Investigations”, appoints Director with 20-year exam experience

    By William Byrnes

    As part of the continued focus on compliance issues, the Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday the establishment of the IRS Office of Promoter Investigations. The new office will further expand…

  6. Rocky Mountain Conservation Easement Law

    IRS Creates Office of Promoter Investigations

    By Melinda Beck

    On April 19, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the formation of the Office of Promoter Investigations (OPI) (IR-2021-88) to increase the focus of the IRS on the promoters…

  7. The Right Coast

    Paul Krugman: Biden, Yellen and the war on leprechauns

    By Thomas A. Smith

    But it hadn t, as government officials acknowledged from the beginning. It was, instead, an illusion created by corporate tax games. At the time, I dubbed it leprechaun economics, a…

  8. Canadian Lawyer Mag

    Increased taxes, new anti-avoidance rules may be on Canada’s 2021 tax agenda

    By Canadian Lawyer Mag

    Revenue-raising measures, limiting deduction of interest, taxing digital are in law firm's outlook

  9. AGP & Co Insights

    The Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD)

    By A.G. Paphitis & Co LLC

    Is it justifiable that Cyprus has been considered by European authorities of acting as a tax haven? All the below actions taken by the Cyprus Authorities, which have been adopted…

  10. European Union and Italian International Tax Law Blog

    Italy’s Ministerial Decree, Draft Tax Circular Clarify DAC6’s Main Benefit Test

    By Marco Rossi

    On November 20, 2020 Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance published its ministerial decree dated November 17, 2020, which contains specific provisions on the meaning and enforcement of the main…