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Confidence games : lawyers, accountants, and the tax shelter industry / Tanina Rostain and Milton C. Regan, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rostain, Tanina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tax shelters--United States--History.
- Tax shelters.
- Tax shelters--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Corporations--Taxation--United States--History.
- Corporations.
- Taxation--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History.
- Taxation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (421 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-32317-6
- 0-262-52977-7
- 0-262-32316-8
- OCLC:
- 879202911
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