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Author Rostain, Tanina.

Title Confidence games : lawyers, accountants, and the tax shelter industry / Tanina Rostain and Milton C. Regan, Jr.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments and note on sources -- Introduction -- The rise of the tax shelter market -- The IRS under siege -- Why do shelters matter -- Gimme shelter -- Accounting firms -- The skunkworks -- Watson's choice -- Accounting for fraud -- Dances with wolves -- Law firms -- The Texas juggernaut -- Lowering the bar -- The reckoning -- Turning the tide -- The government closes in -- Endgame: KPMG and Jenkens -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Summary 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.
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Subject Tax shelters -- United States -- History.
Tax shelters.
United States.
History.
Tax shelters -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Tax shelters -- Law and legislation.
Corporations -- Taxation -- United States -- History.
Corporations -- Taxation.
Taxation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History.
Taxation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Taxation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Regan, Milton C., Jr., 1952-
Other Form: Print version: Rostain, Tanina. Confidence games 9780262027137 (DLC) 2013034776 (OCoLC)861966361
ISBN 9780262323161 (electronic book)
0262323168 (electronic book)
1306705150 (electronic book)
9781306705158 (electronic book)
9780262323178
0262323176
9780262027137
0262027135