Posts Tagged Wisconsin tax lawyer
IRS Extends Willful Blindness To Civil Tax Disputes
Posted by admin in Tax, White Collar Criminal on April 13, 2013
by Brian Mahany Willful Blindness has long been a tool of federal prosecutors in a wide variety of criminal tax and drug cases. The doctrine holds that one can’t avoid criminal responsibility by simply ignoring the obvious. For example, drug couriers have unsuccessfully attempted argue that they couldn’t be found guilty of transporting drugs since [...]
Trickle Down Economics? – Maryland Debate’s “Rain Tax”
by Brian Mahany While serving as Maine’s state revenue commissioner in the 90′s I had to deal with hospital taxes (the so called “sick tax”) and taxes on snack food (often called the Girl Scout cookie tax). Lobbyists can get pretty creative with labels, usually in an effort to defeat a tax proposal or at [...]
When Public Officials Don’t Pay Taxes – IRS Whistleblower Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery, Tax on April 5, 2013
by Brian Mahany Remember the Nannygate scandal? The scandal originated in 1993 when President Bill Clinton nominated Zoe Baird to be the United States Attorney General. That nomination didn’t last long; reporters quickly learned that Baird and her husband had hired two illegal immigrants from Peru to care for their child. They also didn’t withhold [...]
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