Rostain, Tanina.

Confidence games : lawyers, accountants, and the tax shelter industry / Tanina Rostain and Milton C. Regan, Jr. - 408 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Part I Shelters Rising; The IRS under Siege -- Why Tax Shelters Matter -- Gimme Shelters -- Part II Accounting Firms; The Skunk Works -- Watson's Choice -- Accounting for Fraud -- Dances with Wolves -- Part III Law Firms; The Texas Juggernaut -- Lowering the Bar -- Part IV The Reckoning; Turning the Tide -- The Government Closes In -- Endgame: KPMG and Jenkens.

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.


English

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Tax shelters--History.--United States
Tax shelters--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Paraísos fiscales --Derecho y legislación --Historia --Estados Unidos
Corporations--Taxation--History.--United States
Corporaciones--Tributación --Historia--Estados Unidos
Taxation--Moral and ethical aspects--History.--United States
Tributación --Aspectos morales y éticos--Historia --Estados Unidos

HJ 4653 / R839c 2014

336.2/06