April 16, 2012, 12:05 AM
The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles is less likely to prosecute criminal cases referred by the Internal Revenue Service than its counterparts in the rest of the state, according to a California Watch analysis of five years of data. The Eastern District, which...
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December 12, 2011, 12:05 AM
Amid a crippling state budget deficit and a national debate over raising taxes on the wealthy, the California Board of Equalization has added 16 new companies and individuals to its list of unpaid delinquent sales and use taxes for the fourth quarter of 2011. According to the tax agency,...
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November 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
The state Franchise Tax Board's latest tax amnesty program brought in $350 million from those who had underreported their income through tax shelters and offshore accounts. More than 1,000 taxpayers confessed to underpaid taxes in exchange for the state's offer to waive penalties and...
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August 16, 2011, 1:22 AM
A foundation controlled by Dr. Prem Reddy, the driving force behind Southern California’s fast-growing Prime Healthcare Services hospital chain, may have avoided hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal taxes through a questionable charitable gift, tax experts said. Public records...
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April 19, 2011, 12:06 AM
Yesterday was the deadline to file 2010 tax returns, but California is still waiting on billions of dollars in back taxes, with some tax liens dating as far back as 1996. California does not receive an estimated $6.5 billion in taxes that it's owed annually. The state Franchise...
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December 3, 2010, 12:05 AM
The 250 largest sales tax scofflaws in California owe the state a combined $393 million – enough to fuel almost two statewide gubernatorial campaigns but a drop in the bucket where the state's projected $25 billion budget deficit is concerned, according to a report released this week by...
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