Title

Perfectly legal : the covert campaign to rig our tax system to benefit the super rich-- and cheat everybody else

Description

Details the government's failure to reform tax policies and enforcement.

Identifier

1165076

1591840198

Creator

Johnston, David

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2003

Program air date: April 18, 2004

Publisher

Portfolio

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Extensive notes on front and back end papers, half-title and verso concerning a list of American business leaders who the author alleges committed tax evasion or tax fraud, financial excesses of some of these business leaders, deceptive actions of the IRS in favor of the rich and unfair practices of the IRS towards the poor, tax credits, taxes that are routinely evaded by the rich, deceptive actions of various accountants, accounting firms, and political parties. Examples include: "political donor class," "3 out of 4 pay more in social security than they do in income tax," "The Stealth Tax," "earned income tax credit," and "profits trump patriotism." Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. Examples include: "'accelerated charitable remainder trust,'" "first-time home buyers," "1985 tax law," "4 billion on computers that did not work," and "tax evasion tactics."

Subject

"Taxation--United States."

"Tax evasion--United States."

"Taxation--Law and legislation--United States."

"Rich people--United States."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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