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Tax Evasion Tricks Used by Offshore Banks

With the IRS crackdown on offshore accounts in full swing, all tricks that were once used by banks for offshore tax evasion are no longer effective. The tactics below were presented to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, documenting the most common tax haven bank secrecy tricks.

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Israel Adopts OECD Automatic Exchange of Information

The Israeli Finance Ministry announced on Monday, October 27, 2014 that Israel will be joining the international mechanism for the sharing of information on financial accounts. While the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes will not be fully in effect until the end of 2018, it is a very strong signal from Israel that the country is taking proactive steps to fight tax evasion.

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Luxembourg Becomes Wealth Management Center of Europe

Even under international pressures in conjunction with pressures from the EU and the OECD, Luxembourg has recreated itself as the wealth management center of Europe. Banks from China, Switzerland and the Islamic states are committed to maintaining large banking hubs in Luxembourg due the countries “tax friendliness.”

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OVDP Does Not Encourage Compliance

Five Stone is attending the 62nd Annual Taxation Conference held yesterday, December 3, 2014 and today, December 4, 2014. Yesterday included a great lecture from Nina Olsen, the National Taxpayer Advocate and the voice of the taxpayer before the IRS and Congress.

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7 Year-End Tax Techniques to Prepare for 2015

There is still time! With less than two weeks left in 2014, many taxpayers aren’t even thinking about ways that they can lower their tax liabilities for 2014 and beyond. Five Stone Tax Advisers has compiled some last minute items for all taxpayers to review in an effort to help minimize tax liability for 2014 and maximize financial growth.

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Happy New Year! What is the Disclosure Period?

As we are heading into the holidays and the New Year, I have received several questions from current clients, prospective clients and other practitioners regarding the disclosure period for Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program and Streamline filing compliance procedure.

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