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Sovereign Citizen Heads To Prison

Posted by admin in Tax on February 3, 2012

by Brian Mahany
Over the years I have met many people in the sovereign citizen movement. These are folks who don’t believe in the tax laws of the United States. Most are quite intelligent and have done much research before they decide not to pay federal income tax. Although all of these folks can cite cases [...]

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Lawyer Indicted For Helping Clients Set Up Offshore Swiss Bank Accounts

Posted by admin in Tax on February 2, 2012

by Brian Mahany
The IRS and U.S. Department of Justice show no sign of letting up in their quest to ferret out U.S. taxpayers with unreported offshore accounts. Earlier this week Justice officials unsealed an indictment against a former San Diego tax attorney and two of his clients for alleging hiding millions in unreported Swiss bank [...]

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Right to Remain Silent in Offshore Asset Cases? NO Says Appeals Court!

Posted by admin in Tax on February 2, 2012

by Brian Mahany
Our 5th amendment privilege against self - incrimination is a basic fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution. Americans can trace this protection from government abuse of authority all the way back to 1215 and the Magna Carta. Think of growing up watching TV shows and movies where the cops tell the bad guy [...]

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Should You Consider an Offshore Account?

Posted by admin in Tax on January 22, 2012

by Brian Mahany
About a week ago, I received an email from Doug Casey of Casey Research. The email discussed the benefits of opening an offshore account. His email brings up an important reminder. Often we receive calls from folks who have unreported offshore accounts. They often ask if they should close the account and repatriate [...]

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Swiss Amend Law To Permit More Info Sharing

Posted by admin in Tax on January 20, 2012

by Brian Mahany
Switzerland has amended its financial disclosure laws to permit increased exchange of financial information with non-Swiss authorities. The latest move is limited to investigations related to the financing of terrorism and money laundering.
While Americans and others with unreported foreign accounts may be breathing a sigh of relief, the U.S. government frequently adds one [...]

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Wall St. Law Partner Heads to Prison for Unpaid Taxes

Posted by admin in Tax on January 20, 2012

by Brian Mahany
Attorneys are officers of the court. We take an oath to uphold the law. Sometimes some of us forget, however. Attorney John J. O’Brien will have 28 months to think about the lessons of crossing the line between court officer and criminal defendant. His conviction may result in him being disbarred.
According to Manhattan [...]

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$500,000 Penalties On $4000 Tax Case? Unfortunately Yes!

Posted by admin in Tax on January 19, 2012

by Brian Mahany
Not a week goes by that we don’t sound the alarm about the penalties for those with unreported offshore accounts. Most people heed our advice when they learn that foreign bank and brokerage accounts must be disclosed annually to the IRS. A few, however, would rather play audit roulette and hope they don’t [...]

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What About Hiding My Money in Some of the Lesser Known Places?

Posted by admin in Tax on January 15, 2012

by Brian Mahany
“What about hiding my money from Uncle Sam in some of the lesser known countries?” That question has been asked of us from time to time. Of course, we can’t and won’t help people evade taxes.
By now, readers of this blog know that it isn’t safe to hide your money from Uncle Sam [...]

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Beware America? Or Beware Wegelin?

Posted by admin in Tax on January 15, 2012

by Brian Mahany
In the aftermath of the indictments against three Wegelin bankers for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, I thought it interesting to post the investment “commentary” called “Farewell America” published on the Wegelin website in August of 2009. As of this writing, it is still available for anyone to read. For those not [...]

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Swiss Account Holders Beware!

Posted by admin in Tax on January 15, 2012

by Brian Mahany
UBS is old news. In recent months we have reported on investigations by the IRS and the U.S. Department of Justice into Credit Suisse, Wegelin, Kantonbank, Clariden Leu, Basler and Julius Baer. In November a former Justice Department official said the list was up to 17 banks. According to a new article by [...]

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Archive for category Tax

Sovereign Citizen Heads To Prison

Lawyer Indicted For Helping Clients Set Up Offshore Swiss Bank Accounts

Right to Remain Silent in Offshore Asset Cases? NO Says Appeals Court!

Should You Consider an Offshore Account?

Swiss Amend Law To Permit More Info Sharing

Wall St. Law Partner Heads to Prison for Unpaid Taxes

$500,000 Penalties On $4000 Tax Case? Unfortunately Yes!

What About Hiding My Money in Some of the Lesser Known Places?

Beware America? Or Beware Wegelin?

Swiss Account Holders Beware!

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