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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony@Pacific & TRUTHSEEKER Expose Crims & Scammers!!!

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From: ravenseye10/14/2007 9:55:08 PM
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I.R.S. Looks at Mortgage Securities
By LYNNLEY BROWNING
Published: October 13, 2007
The Internal Revenue Service is checking out
dozens of participants in a financial
arrangement to see if they are reaping illegal
tax benefits by underreporting income on
mortgage-backed securities, which make up the
bulk of the multitrillion-dollar market for
asset-backed securities....
nytimes.com
...Mr. Schott said the I.R.S. had looked “at a
couple of cases and discovered some issues, and
we’re expanding this to look at other cases.”
He said he thought that “less than hundreds
of billions of dollars” in interest income had
been underreported
, but he declined to be
more specific.

He added that the I.R.S. did not want to
suggest that abuses were widespread “because
there’s a very sensitive market.” While he said
that approximately 20 to 30 companies involved
in remics were under scrutiny, he declined to
give their names,
citing taxpayer confidentiality rules...
...
Remics that violate the tax code, however, can
lose their tax-free status, potentially causing
either their sponsors or their investors to
face a big tax bill.
...

IRS probing mortgage securities: report
By MarketWatch
Last Update: 10:54 AM ET Oct 13, 2007
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Internal
Revenue Service is taking a close look at
participants in an arcane financial arrangement
to see if they are gaining illegal tax benefits
by under-reporting income on mortgage-backed
securities, the New York Times reported
Saturday....
marketwatch.com
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