The DOJ's success in cracking the secrecy of Swiss bank UBS has opened up a whole new arena for lawyers handling tax disputes. The lower-penalty voluntary disclosure program the IRS ran between March and October prompted thousands of U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts to come out of the woodwork. By mid-November, more than 14,700 taxpayers had come forward, dwarfing the number of those who'd done so in 2008. Though the deadline has passed, California tax lawyers say they're still getting plenty of calls.
December 02, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In the 30 years that Sideman & Bancroft‘s Jay Weill spent working in the tax division of the U.S. attorney’s office, he didn’t see a single criminal case over a secret offshore bank account. It was almost impossible for tax authorities to get foreign records, he said, and besides, “There was plenty of work in the United States.”
In the past year alone, much has changed.
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