Sunday, January 26, 2014

TAX EVASION IS OK IF YOUR IN THE TOP 1%

That seems to be the GOP message here:
Republicans bash U.S. law targeting offshore tax dodgers

By Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:36pm EST
(Reuters) - The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday called for the repeal of a U.S. anti-tax-evasion law, siding with big banks, libertarians and American expatriates that have criticized the Obama administration statute.

At its winter meeting in Washington, the RNC approved by voice vote a resolution in favor of abolishing the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), set to take effect in July, marking the party's first explicit attack on the law.

FATCA will require most foreign banks and investment funds to report to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service information about U.S. customers' accounts worth $50,000 or more. The law was enacted after a scandal involving Americans hiding assets in Swiss bank accounts to dodge U.S. taxes.

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