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Tax trivia: Private Collections

11 March 2009

We have a winner! See comments! Our next tax trivia question is: The IRS announced this month that they would no longer be using the private collections companies authorized during the Bush administration. The Bush administration was not the first to have tried using private companies for collection. Which former President also authorized private companies [...]

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Germany Tired of Holes in Swiss Policy

22 October 2008

Switzerland likes to think of itself as a neutral tax haven. Germany, however, thinks that its much more menacing than that, with Peer Steinbrück, the German finance minister, out and out accusing the Swiss of trolling for tax evaders, saying: Switzerland offers conditions that invite the German taxpayer to evade taxes. Steinbrück went so far [...]

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Liechtenstein Coming Around?

2 March 2008

After vowing not to change its banking system despite a tax scandal spiraling out of control, the principality of Liechstenstein may be changing its mind. Prime Minister Otmar Hasler has reportedly told the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung that “the reform process has already begun and I support it being continued.” He says that he [...]

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