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The IRS Under Siege

Author : Tanina Rostain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The IRS Under Siege written by Tanina Rostain and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confidence Games provides an account of the wave of tax shelters that occurred at the turn of the twenty-first century. During this period, some of America's most prominent law and accounting firms created and marketed products that enabled the very rich -- including newly minted dot-com millionaires -- to avoid paying their share of taxes by claiming benefits not recognized by law. These abusive tax shelters bore names like BOSS, BLIPS, and COBRA and were developed by such prestigious firms as KPMG, Ernst & Young, BDO Seidman, the now defunct Jenkens & Gilchrist and Brown & Wood, now merged into Sidley Austin. These shelters brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from clients and deprived the U.S. Treasury of billions in revenue before the IRS and Justice Department stepped in with civil penalties and criminal prosecutions targeting the professionals and firms involved. As we suggest, the decade of tax shelter activity between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s is the most serious episode of professional misconduct in the history of the American bar.Chapter 1, available here, describes how an overstretched and under-resourced IRS came under attack in the late 1990's by anti-tax and anti-government members of Congress. In the chapters that follow, we describe the heightened competition for professional services, the relaxation of tax practitioner norms against aggressive advice, and the creation of complex financial instruments that made abusive shelters harder to detect. By 2004, the tax shelter boom was over, leaving failed firms, disgraced professionals, and prison sentences in its wake. A central theme that we explore in the book is the role of organizational forces in abetting wrongdoing. In the conclusion, we assess the regulatory responses that ultimately put an end to this wave of shelters. We also consider strategies and approaches that might serve to strengthen professional norms governing tax advice.The rise and fall of the tax shelter industry offers a cautionary tale that we believe remains highly relevant today, as lawyers and accountants continue to face intense competitive pressure and regulators continue to struggle to keep pace with accelerating financial risk and innovation.

Worker Safety Under Siege

Author : Vernon Mogensen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317451724
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Worker Safety Under Siege written by Vernon Mogensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eye-opening book shows how the rights of workers to safe and healthful workplaces are under greater attack today than at any time since the passage of the landmark Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. This collection is organized around three thematic issues that pose significant challenges to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ability to protect workers' safety and health. First, the economy has shifted from an industrial base to a white collar/service base, which includes more women workers than ever before - yet many of the safety and health problems that affect women are not being adequately addressed. Second, free market ideology and globalization have served to undermine worker safety and health laws. And finally, the effects of 9/11 have exacerbated the trend toward weakening workers' rights and safety standards in the name of national security.

Local Democracy Under Siege

Author : Dorothy Holland
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814737463
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Local Democracy Under Siege written by Dorothy Holland and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-02-07 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award Complete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-first century? To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and workplaces. Their collaborative ethnography allows us to understand how diverse members of a community not just the elite think about and experience “politics” in ways that include much more than merely voting. This book illustrates how the social and economic changes of the last three decades have made some new routes to active democratic participation possible while making others more difficult. Local Democracy Under Siege suggests how we can account for the current limitations of U.S. democracy and how remedies can be created that ensure more meaningful participation by a greater range of people. Complete List of Authors (pictured) From Left to Right, bottom row: Enrique Murillo, Jr., Thaddeus Guldbrandsen, Marla Frederick-McGlathery. Top row: Dorothy Holland, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, and Don Nonini.

Charity Under Siege

Author : Bruce R. Hopkins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Charity Under Siege written by Bruce R. Hopkins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1980 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Freedom Under Siege

Author : Ron Paul
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN 13 : 161016444X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Under Siege written by Ron Paul and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 1987 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Confidence Games

Author : Tanina Rostain
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262323176
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Confidence Games written by Tanina Rostain and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. For ten boom-powered years at the turn of the twenty-first century, some of America's most prominent law and accounting firms created and marketed products that enabled the very rich—including newly minted dot-com millionaires—to avoid paying their fair share of taxes by claiming benefits not recognized by law. These abusive domestic tax shelters bore such exotic names as BOSS, BLIPS, and COBRA and were developed by such prestigious firms as KPMG and Ernst & Young. They brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from clients and bilked the U.S. Treasury of billions in revenues before the IRS and Justice Department stepped in with civil penalties and criminal prosecutions. In Confidence Games, Tanina Rostain and Milton Regan describe the rise and fall of the tax shelter industry during this period, offering a riveting account of the most serious episode of professional misconduct in the history of the American bar. Rostain and Regan describe a beleaguered IRS preoccupied by attacks from antitax and antigovernment politicians; heightened competition for professional services; the relaxation of tax practitioner norms against aggressive advice; and the creation of complex financial instruments that made abusive shelters harder to detect. By 2004, the tax shelter boom was over, leaving failed firms, disgraced professionals, and prison sentences in its wake. Rostain and Regan's cautionary tale remains highly relevant today, as lawyers and accountants continue to face intense competitive pressure and regulators still struggle to keep pace with accelerating financial risk and innovation.

The Family Under Siege

Author : George Grant
Publisher : Bethany House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781556613500
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Family Under Siege written by George Grant and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many Christian families sense their values being undermined, Grant offers a fast-paced, well-researched look at some of the major powers at work--groups like the ACLU, NEA, National Organization of Women--to show how new social agendas of these groups are gaining control over the most sacred areas of life.

The New Form 990

Author : Bruce R. Hopkins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470482710
Total Pages : 937 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The New Form 990 written by Bruce R. Hopkins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-12-17 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Form 990 covers the law, policy, and preparation of the new IRS Form 990. It includes summaries of the law underlying each of the parts and questions in the return, so that the preparer can understand the background law in formulating answers on the return. The subject matter is particularly timely and relevant given the release of the draft Form 990 last summer, the expected release of the final Form 990 in early 2008, and the commencement of the first tax year to which the form applies on January 1, 2008.

Regulating Charities

Author : Myles McGregor-Lowndes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317190580
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Regulating Charities written by Myles McGregor-Lowndes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume charity commissioners and leading charity policy reformers from across the world reflect on the aims and objectives of charity regulation and what it has achieved. Regulating Charities represents an insider’s review of the last quarter century of charity law policy and an insight for its future development. Charity Commissioners and nonprofit regulatory agency heads chart the nature of charity law reforms that they have implemented, with a ‘warts and all’ analysis. They are joined by influential sector reformers who assess the outcomes of their policy agitation. All reflect on the current state of charities in a fiscally restrained environment, often with conservative governments, and offer their views on productive regulatory paths available for the future. This topical collection brings together major charity regulation actors, and will be of great interest to anyone concerned with contemporary third sector policy-making, public administration and civil society.

In Pursuit of Justice

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 9781583226292
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of Justice written by Ralph Nader and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ralph Nader is one of America’s most controversial—and uncompromising— public figures. He is a man on a mission who believes that taking on the powers that be involves more than just talking about it—it also means taking action. From car safety in the 1960s to opposition to the World Trade Organization in the 1990s, Nader’s work has increased government responsiveness to citizens, served as a check against the abuse of power by big business, and shaped the political consciousness of a nation. Nader’s sense of mission is infused in all of his work, especially his weekly columns. In Pursuit of Justice, a collection of Nader’s most recent, trenchant articles written in the years immediately following the publication of The Ralph Nader Reader, Nader addresses a broad array of issues, among them: corporate crime and power, government accountability, media control, consumer rights, healthcare, congressional reform, nuclear power and energy, racial discrimination, poverty, food and drug safety, air and water pollution, fair taxation, product liability protection, union democracy, living family wage, unfair lending practices, community radio, industrial hemp, banking, pension law, telecommunications and the importance of character. Nader has even sponsored consumer initiatives to reform university governance, educational testing, daily newspapers, women's health care, legal services, and professional sports—all of which are reflected in these sharp and sometimes humorous essays. As informative as it is pleasurable to read, section after section of In Pursuit of Justice slices through government and corporate propaganda and reveals the corruption, bias and injustice that all too often connect politics with big business, thereby impeding the pursuit of justice. Collecting more than one hundred of his most recent writings, In Pursuit of Justice conveys Nader's inimitable sense of both the global political economy and our nation's democratic promise.

Congress in Context

Author : John Haskell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042997499X
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Congress in Context written by John Haskell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Congress is by the far the least popular (and most misunderstood) branch of the federal government. Congress in Context de-mystifies the institution, giving students a comprehensive and practical understanding of Congress and the legislative process. This book takes a different approach to the study of Congress than other texts. Usually Congress is treated in isolation from the rest of the government. But the Framers of the Constitution explicitly intended for the branches of government to be interdependent. Congress in Context introduces readers to Congress's critical role in the context of this interdependent system. Using the metaphor of a board of directors, the authors explain the three key roles of Congress within the federal government (authorizing what government does, funding its activities, and supervising how it carries out the laws Congress passes) and shows students how Congress interacts with the rest of the government to exercise these powers. The thoroughly expanded and revised second edition features brand-new chapters on Congress and the courts and Congress and interest groups. It also includes expanded coverage of Congress's relationship with the executive branch, campaign finance, and today's major budget issues. Grounded in the latest political science literature coupled with contemporary examples, Congress in Context offers students an informed yet accessible introduction to how the legislative branch carries out its duties.

The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States

Author : Eric C. Miller
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498561497
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States written by Eric C. Miller and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though much has already been written on religious freedom in the United States, these treatments have come mostly from historians, legal scholars, and advocates, with relatively little attention from rhetorical critics. In The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States, fifteen scholars from this field address the variety of forms that free, public religiosity may assume, and which rhetorical techniques are operative in a public square populated by a diversity of religious-political actors. Together they consider the arguments, evidences, and strategies defining what religious freedom means and who is entitled to claim it in the contemporary United States.

The Wealth Hoarders

Author : Chuck Collins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509543503
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Wealth Hoarders written by Chuck Collins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defence Industry. These ‘agents of inequality’ are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%. In this book, inequality expert Chuck Collins, who himself inherited a fortune, interviews the leading players and gives a unique insider account of how this industry is doing everything it can to create and entrench hereditary dynasties of wealth and power. He exposes the inner workings of these “agents of inequality”, showing how they deploy anonymous shell companies, family offices, offshore accounts, opaque trusts, and sham transactions to ensure the world’s richest pay next to no tax. He ends by outlining a robust set of policies that democratic nations can implement to shut down the Wealth Defence Industry for good. This shocking exposé of the insidious machinery of inequality is essential reading for anyone wanting the inside story of our age of plutocratic plunder and stashed cash.

Weed Land

Author : Peter Hecht
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520958241
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Weed Land written by Peter Hecht and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the morning of September 5, 2002, camouflaged and heavily armed Drug Enforcement Administration agents descended on a terraced marijuana garden. The DEA raid on the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, a sanctuary for severely ill patients who were using marijuana as medicine, is the riveting opening scene in Weed Land, an up-close journalistic narrative that chronicles a transformative epoch for marijuana in America. From the 1996 passage of California’s Proposition 215, the nation’s first medical marijuana law, through law enforcement raids, clinical studies that revealed medical benefits for cannabis, and the emergence of a lucrative cannabis industry, Weed Land reveals the changing political, legal, economic, and social dynamics around pot. Peter Hecht, an award-winning journalist from The Sacramento Bee, offers an independent, meticulously reported account of the clashes and contradictions of a burgeoning California cannabis culture that stoked pot liberalization across the country.

Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization

Author : Bruce R. Hopkins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047168466X
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization written by Bruce R. Hopkins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-12-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a nonprofit novice or the director of an established organization, this must-have guide to nonprofit law contains all the information you need to succeed, thrive, and protect your nonprofit's tax-exempt status. This practical reference offers you information on virtually every legal aspect of starting and operating a nonprofit organization—from receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status to tips for successful management practices. Completely revised and expanded, the third edition features updated information on changes in law, rules, and regulations governing the nonprofit sector, and provides you with clear information on corporate, tax, and fundraising laws. Order your copy today!

Brother Bill

Author : Daryl A Carter
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1610755855
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Brother Bill written by Daryl A Carter and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book is a fascinating analysis of race and class in the age of President Bill Clinton. It provides much-needed clarity in regards to the myth of the ‘First Black President.’ It contributes much to our understanding of the history that informs our present moment!” —Cornel West As President Barack Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009, the United States was abuzz with talk of the first African American president. At this historic moment, one man standing on the inaugural platform, seemingly a relic of the past, had actually been called by the moniker the “first black president” for years. President William Jefferson Clinton had long enjoyed the support of African Americans during his political career, but the man from Hope also had a complex and tenuous relationship with this faction of his political base. Clinton stood at the nexus of intense political battles between conservatives’ demands for a return to the past and African Americans’ demands for change and fuller equality. He also struggled with the class dynamics dividing the American electorate, especially African Americans. Those with financial means seized newfound opportunities to go to college, enter the professions, pursue entrepreneurial ambitions, and engage in mainstream politics, while those without financial means were essentially left behind. The former became key to Clinton’s political success as he skillfully negotiated the African American class structure while at the same time maintaining the support of white Americans. The results were tremendously positive for some African Americans. For others, the Clinton presidency was devastating. Brother Bill examines President Clinton’s political relationship with African Americans and illuminates the nuances of race and class at the end of the twentieth century, an era of technological, political, and social upheaval.

Social Structures, Social Capital, and Personal Freedom

Author : Peter Lawler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313028516
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Social Structures, Social Capital, and Personal Freedom written by Peter Lawler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-04-30 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eleven essays in this collection examine the relationship between institutional structures and community integration, offering practical insights to increase social capital and strengthen social institutions. A variety of social institutions are analyzed. Three chapters cover political legal issues, two cover religion, three address education, and two examine the macrostructures of the military and the economy. An important collection for scholars and other researchers interested in the communitarian movement, sociology, and political science, particularly for those in public administration.