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What’s in a name?

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

Tax Havens in Reverse

…and use ‘aggressive tax planning’ to avoid taxes in ways that are not within the spirit of the law. This aggressive tax planning is a source of increasing concern for…

Deficit Commmission working groups

…have input on tax issues than tax experts. The tax working group of the deficit commission includes, according to BNA Daily Tax Realtime (May 4,2010): “Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Rep….