GuyPinestra
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The Right is very, very, very concerned that there is a chance the president was not born in Hawaii, but they couldn't give a flying fuck if the Republican candidate may be a felon.
They don't even want to find out!
Idiot, if there was anything in Romney's tax returns to even suggest a felony, the IRS would be all over it like flies on horseshit.
The ONLY reason you Leftards want a look at them is to try and gin up some more of your "Oh, look how rich he is!" class warfare.
Dumbass.
Deadline looms for Americans to disclose accounts in foreign tax havens
Under an amnesty program, the IRS is allowing taxpayers to avoid prosecution for failing to report those accounts. Tax attorneys have been besieged by wealthy clients who are lining up to apply.
October 13, 2009
Wealthy U.S. taxpayers, concerned about an Internal Revenue Service crackdown on the use of secret overseas bank accounts as tax havens, are rushing to meet a Thursday deadline to disclose those accounts or face possible criminal prosecution.
The concern was triggered this summer when Switzerland's largest bank, caught up in an international tax evasion dispute, said it would disclose the names of more than 4,000 of its U.S. account holders.
The decision shattered a long-held belief that Swiss banks would guard the identities of its American customers as carefully as they did their money, and it raised concern that other international tax havens might be next.
Under an amnesty program, the IRS is allowing taxpayers to avoid prosecution for having failed to report their overseas accounts. As a result, tax attorneys across the nation have been besieged by wealthy clients who are lining up to apply even though they will still face big financial penalties.
Tax lawyers in Southern California say they've encountered an array of clients concerned about international bank accounts: Hollywood producers, immigrants who left behind foreign accounts and business owners who have stashed money overseas to avoid taxation.
"It's crazy busy," said Pasadena tax attorney Phil Hodgen, who for a brief period in September stopped accepting new clients because he was overwhelmed with amnesty requests. "These people are calling, saying, 'I can't sleep at night.' "
Some 3,000 U.S. residents have voluntarily disclosed their foreign bank accounts to the IRS this year, compared to fewer than 100 in 2008, said one U.S. government official who asked not to be identified.
Demand for the amnesty program exploded in August when Swiss bank UBS agreed to settle U.S. criminal charges that it had engaged in a "multibillion-dollar scheme" to help U.S. taxpayers hide assets from the IRS.
In all, UBS agreed to pay $780 million in penalties and to disclose the names of 4,450 American clients to Swiss officials, who would then provide them to the IRS.
So somehow your 3 year old article makes me a dumbass? Typical leftist logic.
Even IF, and that's a big IF, Romney took advantage of this tax 'amnesty', it doesn't make him a felon, it doesn't make him a criminal, it doesn't make him anything other than another rich American who legally took advantage of what the IRS offered.
Sorry Cynthia, but you FAIL again...