Corporate Tax Dodging


	Corporate Tax Dodging

Brian Wingfield

8-12-2008 11:07 AM

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irs, tax, corporate, gao

Brian Wingfield says:

Here's where the IRS might want to focus its efforts.

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8-12-2008 4:29 PM

masbury

Right. But I suspect it'll take more than the IRS. The implication is that Congress has been pressured into writing laws that allow corporations to escape paying taxes. Those laws need to be changed.

8-12-2008 5:57 PM

ratilfar

Pressure is not the word I would use. After all the Republicans where in charge from 94-06. Plenty of time to do the old tax loop-d-loop.

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