Scheming Off the Top? Congress takes steps to uncover businesses' secret stash.
By Joan Szabo •
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The Senate Finance Committee is expected to continue to push fora crackdown on abusive tax shelters. It issued a set of legislativeproposals in the last Congress that called for tough new fines onthese schemes and a hefty increase in penalties on shelterpromoters. If the legislation passes, tax strategies for businessowners may well be affected.
The committee's plan is a direct response to a TreasuryDepartment request for Congress to take legislative steps to reinin abusive shelters. The Treasury claims these shelters are themost serious tax enforcement problem now facing the government, atcosts of tens of billons of dollars in lost revenue over the past10 years.
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