Sunday, January 19, 2014

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 255

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 255:
Tax ReformQuestion:  On a scale of 1-10, 1 being no damage and 10 being permanent long range damage, how much has the IRS and tax administration been damaged by the current IRS scandal?  (And I would append to that the question: was it a scandal?)
Donald Korb (Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell; former IRS Chief Counsel):  I think it is incredibly damaging.  Frankly, I see it as one of the seeds of the next tax shelter era. ... And in terms of scandal, I don't think we really know. We have not been permitted to understand exactly what happened. So, who knows.

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