Enough Said! Be warned if you have

News release
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, August 3, 2006 -- Officials of the Canada
Revenue Agency (CRA) and the United States Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) today announced significant progress in unravelling
an abusive cross-border tax scheme. This effort stems from leads
and information first developed by the Joint International Tax
Shelter Information Centre (JITSIC).
The scheme involves hundreds of taxpayers and tens of millions of
dollars in improper deductions and unreported income from
retirement account withdrawals. Canadian and U.S. promoters have
been marketing the scheme on both sides of the border to
individual investors, ranging from middle to high-income
individuals.
Leaders of the CRA and IRS said the collaborative effort reflects
the progress being taken by JITSIC in the complex task of
tracking international tax schemes and shelters involving
individuals and corporations.
CRA Commissioner Michel Dorais said, "Tax administrations in many
parts of the world are working together to detect and shut down
abusive tax schemes. Promoters who believe they can play one
country against another in developing tax schemes should beware."
"The real time exchange of information, including the identities
of promoters and hundreds of investors has been critical to this
investigation," said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson. "JITSIC is
emerging as an important part of efforts to combat abusive
schemes."
Under the scheme, investors purchased what appear to be
high-yield offshore investments through offshore corporations and
foreign bank accounts. Typically, investors make these purchases
using cash or proceeds from withdrawals, allegedly tax free, of
retirement funds (RRSPs in Canada, IRAs in the U.S.). Investors
also make purchases through using tax refunds improperly
generated by alleged losses claimed for natural resource industry
investments.
CRA and IRS agents continue to identify promoters, participants
and entities involved in the scheme. Promoters and participants
engaged in abusive schemes have routinely been subjected to
strict enforcement action by both tax administrations.
JITSIC was established in 2004 by the tax administrations of four
countries, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United
States, to supplement the ongoing work of the Australian Taxation
Office, Canada Revenue Agency, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,
and the Internal Revenue Service in identifying and curbing
abusive tax schemes. Delegates from each of the four countries
work together in Washington, DC.
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For a follow up definition (by the CRA) of the difference between
tax avoidance and tax evasion, see:
 http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/agency/alert/avoiview-e.html
For an example of the prosecution by the IRS of a Vancouver
resident, see the New York times articles at:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations
/i/internal_revenue_service/index.html?query=SCHNEIDER,%20JEROME&
field=per&match=exact
or my own CENTAPEDE WHICH DEALS WITH OVER $100,000 OUT OF Canada
at;
http://www.centa.com/CEN-TAPEDE/archive/Week-of-Mon-20051010/0020
95.html
Jerome Schneider turned over 1,000 of his clients and the lawyers
and accountants who helped over to the IRS as part of a plea
bargain.
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