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• America's Dumbest Judge

  —Skeptical CPA

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  "Ten years after launching a hostile takeover of US copper refiner Asarco LLC and four years after forcing it into Chapter 11 bankrupcty, Mexican billionaire German Larrea Mota-Velasco finally has what he wanted: control of the copper giant free from the threat of environmental and asbestos litigation", Joel Millman & [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  by Independent Accountant

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• Vampire Squid Apologizes

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  "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. [GSG] said it is launching a $500 million small-business assistance program that includes an advisory panel with billionaire Warren Buffett. ... Tuesday [GSG] Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein apologized for his firm's role in the credit crisis. 'We participated in things that were clearly wrong" [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:40am EST
  by Independent Accountant

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• Government Challenges Expert Testimony of David Weisbach & Ethan Yale in Son of BOSS Tax Shelter Case

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  There is an interesting Son of BOSS tax shelter case in Texas involving billionaire investor Andrew Beal, who is seeking to have two Tax Prof luminaries, David Weisbach (Chicago) and Ethan Yale (Virginia), testify as expert witnesses over the objection of the Government: Expert Report of David A. Weisbach (May... [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:10am EST
  by Paul Caron

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• Escape From New York

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  "Billionaire Julian Robertson won a $27 million tax case after he successfully argued that he wasn't a New York City [NYC] resident for the year 2000 and didn't owe city taxes. At issue was Mr. Robertson's whereabouts on four days during that leap year: April 15, July 23, Jukly 31'" [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:01pm EST
  by Independent Accountant

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• WSJ: 27 Million Reasons to Leave New York

  —TaxProf Blog

  Following up on Wednesday's post, ALJ Says Billionaire Spent Only 183 Days in NYC, So Not Subject to NYC Tax: Weekend Wall Street Journal editorial, 27 Million Reasons to Leave New York; Julian Robertson Wins One For Taxpayers: For every Sunbelt refugee who has tried to leave high tax bills... [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by Paul Caron

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• 179 days and nights in Manhattan

  —Roth & Company, P.C.

  April15.com blog tells how careful recordkeeping allowed a billionaire to avoid millions of dollars in New York city and state taxes when he showed he only spent 179 days in the city. Four more days would have made him a "resident" for the year, enabling the city and [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:53am EST
  by Joe Kristan

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