RAH pasted: > A federal judge has granted the Internal Revenue Service the right to seek > information from First Data Corp. about certain credit-card transactions > the company has processed.
> The IRS wants the information as part of its crackdown on tax evaders. > Specifically, the IRS wants information about holders of American Express, > Visa and MasterCard credit cards that were issued by or on behalf of > certain offshore financial institutions. > The government listed more than 30 offshore jurisdictions, including > Aruba, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Singapore and > Switzerland. > The IRS said in a court filing that it believes those account holders "may > fail, or may have failed, to comply with internal revenue laws." Anonymity good. Confidentiality bad. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
