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A Primer On Us. Taxation Of International Transactions (Slides), William B. Sherman
A Primer On Us. Taxation Of International Transactions (Slides), William B. Sherman
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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A Primer On Us. Taxation Of International Transactions (Outline), William B. Sherman
A Primer On Us. Taxation Of International Transactions (Outline), William B. Sherman
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Federal Tax Update: Structuring Deals In 2012 And Beyond (Slides), Stephen L. Owen
Federal Tax Update: Structuring Deals In 2012 And Beyond (Slides), Stephen L. Owen
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Federal Tax Update: The Current Situation And The Prospects For Reform (Slides), Harry L. Gutman
Federal Tax Update: The Current Situation And The Prospects For Reform (Slides), Harry L. Gutman
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Refund Fraud? Real-Time Solution!, Richard Thompson Ainsworth
Refund Fraud? Real-Time Solution!, Richard Thompson Ainsworth
Faculty Scholarship
When seven million dependents vanished from the tax rolls in 1986 the IRS recovered three billion dollars in revenue. A simple enforcement measure was applied. Taxpayers were required to list the social security number (SSN) for any dependent they claimed on their tax return. Costing next to nothing to implement, the benefits of this enforcement action continue to this day.
A similar enforcement measure could be employed against refund fraud. Even though the solution is not as simple as that adopted in 1986, it is similar. The effort is worth making. The revenue loss is much larger. As before, the …