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The KPMG Tax Shelter Prosecutions

On Aug. 29, 2005, the Department of Justice, the IRS and KPMG LLP (KPMG) announced that an agreement had been reached with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York resolving the Grand Jury investigation into tax shelters designed, developed and sold by KPMG from 1996 to 2002 and related conduct. The settlement also resolved the IRS's examination of these activities. KPMG and the government entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), pursuant to which KPMG acknowledged responsibility for engaging in a massive tax fraud conspiracy that generated at least $11 billion in fraudulent tax losses, which cost the government at least $2.5 billion in evaded taxes.

8 minute read October 03, 2005 at 03:01 PM
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Lawrence S. Feld
The KPMG Tax Shelter Prosecutions

On Aug. 29, 2005, the Department of Justice, the IRS and KPMG LLP (KPMG) announced that an agreement had been reached with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York resolving the Grand Jury investigation into tax shelters designed, developed and sold by KPMG from 1996 to 2002 and related conduct.

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