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The Great American Tax Dodge (Paperback, 1st California pbk)
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In The Great American Tax Dodge, a book that should infuriate and
galvanize citizens everywhere, the best-selling authors of America:
What Went Wrong? expose the millions of Americans who are dodging
their income taxes at every honest taxpayer's expense. With the
clarity, insight, and readability that earned them two Pulitzer
Prizes, Donald Barlett and James Steele explain how Americans are
cheating as never before, and why most are getting away with it.
The authors relate the stories of a Manhattan couple who spent $1
million a month to maintain their lifestyle yet never paid income
tax, a California couple who provided sport utility vehicles for
their children at taxpayers' expense, an entrepreneur in Costa Rica
who shows Americans how to hide their money in clandestine accounts
offshore, and computer technicians at America's largest
corporations who live tax-free. Barlett and Steele describe how the
Internet has democratized tax cheating, as proliferating Web sites
and their often mysterious operators offer every service imaginable
to escape taxes. They discuss the double standard the IRS employs
in tax audits--one for the rich and well-connected and another for
everyone else--and how the Justice Department tries to jail
powerless citizens accused of tax law violations while allowing the
wealthy and influential to go free. This book also documents how
Congress is deliberately undermining the income tax in order to
replace it with a system that will provide the largest windfall
ever for the richest Americans--and increase the burden on everyone
else. And it spells out how executives like Kenneth L. Lay
bankrolled campaigns to institute such a tax system, based on
accounting principles eerily similar to those employed at Lay's
Enron Corporation. Finally, the authors consider our chances for
reestablishing what was once the fairest tax system in the world.
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Imprint: |
University of California Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2002 |
First published: |
October 2002 |
Authors: |
Donald L. Barlett
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
311 |
Edition: |
1st California pbk |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-23610-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
General
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LSN: |
0-520-23610-6 |
Barcode: |
9780520236103 |
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