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Romney and Private Equity’s Questionable Schemes for Paying Very Little Tax

by Linda Beale Romney and Private Equity’s Questionable Schemes for Paying Very Little Tax Presumably any American who wants to be informed is aware that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney‘s claim to business acumen resides in his experience at a private equity firm that made much of its money by ramping up debt at purchased […]

Swiss banking secrecy in the news again as germany seeks data

by Linda Beale Swiss banking secrecy in the news again as Germany seeks data The Swiss are fighting hard to maintain their edge in providing tax evasion services for the euro zone and the US. In spite of the modest changes to the US-Swiss tax convention, we can expect difficulty in acquiring information from Swiss […]