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Continuing this whistleblower lawyer blog’s <\/a>discussions of the IRS’s strong interest in hedge funds and private equity firms<\/a>, there have been several recent public statements and reports about IRS efforts to identify and stop tax fraud and tax noncompliance <\/a>in these segments of the financial services industry.<\/p>\n

Today, suspected tax abuses by hedge funds and private equity managers were the subject of a Tax Notes report, which cites a November 1, 2007 statement by the IRS. That same day, Bloomberg reported that IRS officials have identified seven areas of “interest” to examine for tax violations and abuses:<\/p>\n

(1) failing to file or improper filing of tax returns and information returns; <\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing this whistleblower lawyer blog’s discussions of the IRS’s strong interest in hedge funds and private equity firms, there have been several recent public statements and reports about IRS efforts to identify and stop tax fraud and tax noncompliance in these segments of the financial services industry. 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