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Most Defendants in KPMG Case Escape Prosecution–At Least For Now<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As we have written about previously, abusive and fraudulent tax shelters promoted by accounting firms<\/a> are high on the list of conduct that the IRS (and IRS tax whistleblowers) seek to stop. Today, the government’s prosecution of 13 former KPMG partners and other executives was derailed–at least for now–when the trial judge dismissed charges against them, while allowing the charges to remain against other defendants.<\/p>\n

Judge Lewis Kaplan had already ruled that these defendants’ constitutional rights had been violated when the government pressured KPMG not to advance the legal fees and expenses of the defendants.<\/p>\n

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

Most Defendants in KPMG Case Escape Prosecution–At Least For Now As we have written about previously, abusive and fraudulent tax shelters promoted by accounting firms are high on the list of conduct that the IRS (and IRS tax whistleblowers) seek to stop. 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