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9780520236103

The Great American Tax Dodge

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520236103

  • ISBN10:

    0520236106

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

Two longtime Philadelphia Inquirer journalists expose the inequities and fraud that are undermining our federal tax system and offer some modest, viable solutions.

Author Biography

Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, for three decades investigative journalists at the Philadelphia Inquirer, are editors-at-large for Time, Inc. They have written six books, addition to their Pulitzer Prizes, together they have won two National Magazine Awards and more than three dozen other national newspaper and magazine awards

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Prologue: An American Original 3(8)
The Tax Cheat Next Door
11(40)
$1 Million a Month and No Tax Return
Phantom Children
Secrets of the System
Invisible Workers and Untaxed Profits
The Perfect Tax Return: Always a Refund
Treasure Islands
51(32)
Mysterious Entities
The Entrepreneur
Strictly Confidential
The Hidden World Around You
Open Secrets
The Internet: Avoidance Made Easy
83(36)
Escaping the Taxman
Secret Codes
Gnomes in Cyberspace
Caveat Emptor
Congress's Hidden Agenda
119(38)
Demonizing the Tax Collector
Favoritism for a Few
The Beginning of the End
Collapsing of Its Own Weight
Pursuing the Powerless
157(44)
Tax Cheaters' Lottery
More Fraud and Fewer Audits
Computer Crash
Operation Slam Dunk
The Big Fish Who Get Away
The Good Life on the Run
A Culture of Deceit
201(30)
Cutting Corners
The Fraud Industry
Everyone's Doing It
High-Profile Dodgers
Congress's Plan to Raise Your Taxes
231(30)
A Shifting Burden
The Flat Tax
The National Sales Tax
Lobbying for the Rich
Epilogue: Starting Over 261(4)
Notes 265(14)
Index 279

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