{"id":171,"date":"2008-08-28T10:38:33","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T10:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2008\/08\/dismissal_of_fraudulent_tax_sh_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:50:47","slug":"dismissal_of_fraudulent_tax_sh_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/dismissal_of_fraudulent_tax_sh_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismissal of Fraudulent Tax Shelter Charges Against Former KPMG Partners Is Upheld by Appellate Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

As this whistleblower lawyer blog<\/a> has discussed before, accounting firms that promote fraudulent tax shelters<\/a> are prime targets of IRS enforcement efforts (often assisted by IRS tax whistleblowers).<\/p>\n

In a decision last week, the prosecution of 13 former KPMG partners and other executives for their alleged involvement in fraudulent tax shelters was thwarted<\/a>–again. A panel of judges from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the trial judge’s dismissal of the charges against these KPMG defendants. <\/p>\n

The court did not find the tax shelters to be lawful, however. Instead, it agreed with the trial court that “the government deprived [the defendants] of their right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment by causing KPMG to place conditions on the advancement of legal fees to [the defendants], and to cap the fees and ultimately end them. Because the government failed to cure the Sixth Amendment violation, and because no other remedy will return [the defendants] to the status quo ante, we affirm the dismissal of the indictment.”<\/p>\n

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As this whistleblower lawyer blog has discussed before, accounting firms that promote fraudulent tax shelters are prime targets of IRS enforcement efforts (often assisted by IRS tax whistleblowers). In a decision last week, the prosecution of 13 former KPMG partners and other executives for their alleged involvement in fraudulent tax shelters was thwarted–again. 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