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The Rise of the Wall Street Tax Machine.

Authors :
France, Mike
Thornton, Emily
Timmons, Heather
Lavelle, Louis
Source :
BusinessWeek; 3/31/2003, Issue 3826, p84-87, 4p, 7 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

Discusses the signs that the lucrative tax-shelter business could become America's next corporate scandal. Detailed view of the tax-shelter provided by documents released by the Enron bankruptcy examiner and the Senate; Information on how the investment bankers, lawyers, and accountants who profited from the business created and marketed their schemes; Efforts to investigate the Bankers Trust-Enron deals; Firms that helped Enron construct its tax shelters; Culture of secrecy in the tax-shelter business. INSETS: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE TAX SHELTER;IN THE CROSSHAIRS.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00077135
Issue :
3826
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
BusinessWeek
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9351212