“By using shell companies, Mossack Fornesca’s clients are able to avoid the government and the public learning “even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company…
Speaking with the NBC News, Matt Gardner of the The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said it’s also possible that American billionaires who were not implicated in the…
“The leak may change the long-term behavior of wealthy Americans, said Matt Gardner, executive director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington-based public policy group. “This certainly…
“Matthew Gardner, Executive Director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, an arm of Citizens for Tax Justice (a public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on tax policies…
“Last year, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan and nonprofit research group, said Washington state had the nation’s most unfair state and local tax system, leading its…
“At a rate of 1.5% of taxable income, an Alaska couple with one child, with a household income of $60,000 a year, would pay about $200 a year, according to…
“”If your goal is secrecy and not having prying eyes find out even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company is and who owns it,…
“The mechanisms are pretty much the same here,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit in Washington. “There’s nothing special happening in…
“Matthew Gardner, a critic of inversions who is executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said this week’s move by the Treasury Department clearly had an immediate…
“In Wyoming, Nevada and Delaware, it’s possible to create these shell corporations with virtually no questions asked,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,…
“First, this was a leak of more than 11m documents, and it will take some time for the ICIJ to scour them. “So maybe there are revelations about specific Americans…
““If your goal is secrecy and not having prying eyes find out even the most basic things about what you’re doing and what your company is and who owns it,…
“We shouldn’t be thinking about this as a Panamanian problem,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C. “We should be thinking…
“Political casualties are mounting fast in the wake of the Panama Papers—a historic leak of confidential documents from a Panama-based law firm that revealed connections between a number of world…
“Panama isn’t the real story,” said Matt Gardner, the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a research group based in Washington. “This leak is giving a…
“I’m not sure any of us are raising our eyebrows at much of anything here,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, adding that…
“An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that, in 2012, 8.1 million of the nation’s 11.4 million undocumented immigrants paid state and local taxes, totalling $11.8…
“A study by the non-profit, non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) revealed that some 8.1 million of the 11.4 million undocumented workers paid close to $12 billion in…
The questions go beyond whether the financial activities were legal or illegal. The news puts names and faces on the problems of political cronyism and tax evasion by the…
“First, this was a leak of more than 11 million documents, and it will take some time for the ICIJ to scour them. “So maybe there are revelations about specific…
“A very small number of states are notorious for allowing pretty much anybody to start a company in the state without requiring even the most basic information,” said Matthew Gardner,…
“Anonymous shell corporations and secret bank accounts are vital resources for those engaged in tax evasion and money laundering. But this web of secrecy has started to crumble in recent…
“Nearly all of those companies were incorporated in Nevada and Wyoming, two states with permissive corporate secrecy laws. “If your goal is secrecy and not having prying eyes find out…
The Hartford lawyer said he was unaware of any similar tax program in other states, and Fonfara said the bill wasn’t based on any particular example. Carl Davis, research…
