The IRS announced yesterday (IR 2008-26) that it is initiating enforcement action with respect to more than 100 U.S. taxpayers in connection with growing scandal involving off-shore accounts in Liechtenstein used to hide assets and avoid tax. Press and blogosphere coverage of the scandal:
- Bloomberg:
- Forbes:
- International Herald Tribune:
- L.A. Times:
- New York Times:
- Reuters:
- A Taxing Matter:
- Wall Street Journal:
- German Tax Probe Helps To Recoup $41.2 Million
- Heavenly Tax Havens (op-ed)
- Liechtenstein Criticizes Germany Over Tax Probe
- Liechtenstein Hid Americans’ Assets
- Tax Blitzkrieg
- Theft of Tax Data Hits Bank Clients Around Globe
- U.S., Others Join Tax Probe; Eight Nations Examine Citizens’ Assets Held in Liechtenstein Bank
4 responses to “A Liechtenstein Tax Scandal Reader”
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A tax evasion scandal involving the tiny country of Lichtenstein has roiled German politics. Now it has crossed the pond:…
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A tax evasion scandal involving the tiny country of Lichtenstein has roiled German politics. Now it has crossed the pond:…
THE MOUSE THAT SHELTERED
A tax evasion scandal involving the tiny country of Lichtenstein has roiled German politics. Now it has crossed the pond:…
THE MOUSE THAT SHELTERED
A tax evasion scandal involving the tiny country of Lichtenstein has roiled German politics. Now it has crossed the pond:…
THE MOUSE THAT SHELTERED
A tax evasion scandal involving the tiny country of Lichtenstein has roiled German politics. Now it has crossed the pond:…
THE MOUSE THAT SHELTERED
A tax evasion scandal involving the tiny country of Lichtenstein has roiled German politics. Now it has crossed the pond:…
THE MOUSE THAT SHELTERED
A tax evasion scandal involving the tiny country of Lichtenstein has roiled German politics. Now it has crossed the pond:…
For a general defense of tax havens, see Daniel J. Mitchell, “Behind the Tax Haven Taboo,”