Schumpeter | Corporate tax avoidance

The price isn’t right

Are America’s tax police about to tighten the screws on the deep-pocketed of the corporate world?

By M.V. | NEW YORK

IN THESE fiscally strained times, those seen as not paying their fair share are obvious targets. Having already launched a crusade against wealthy individuals using Swiss banks and others to evade tax, are America’s tax police about to tighten the screws on the deep-pocketed of the corporate world?

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