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The long SWIFT arm of the US IRS | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The long SWIFT arm of the US IRS (4.00 / 2)

You might want to be careful about those short visits. Who knows how the laws may change in the future.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 02:49:07 AM EST
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Re: The long SWIFT arm of the US IRS (4.00 / 2)

Law? A lot of the applicable "law" consists of IRS and Tax Court interpretations and rulings. This is another feature of US tax law. Unlike laws passed by Congress, these laws can change quickly and only those who make their living from tax law would even be likely to know.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 10:54:56 AM EST
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Re: The long SWIFT arm of the US IRS (none / 0)

Though given the rather curious American practise of "riders," this seems true for virtually any area of US law...

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 01:07:07 PM EST
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Re: The long SWIFT arm of the US IRS (none / 0)

And then we don't get started about whether the US income tax and the IRS business is constitutional?!

by das monde on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 07:17:37 PM EST
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