Word: ponzis
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...refunds due to victims, according to accountant tallies. But don't feel too bad for the IRS. Over the past 20 or more years, it has been collecting taxes on income that never actually existed. Last year the IRS sent out 106 million refund checks totaling $254 billion, so Ponzi victims will hardly empty the refund cookie jar. (See pictures of Madoff's demise...
...first go-to place for financial-fraud survivors trying to recoup lost money. But with the April 15 tax clock ticking, figuring out what to do about recovery, both from taxes and from the Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SPIC), has become a mind-boggling maze for accountants and their Ponzi-victim clients. At a hearing yesterday, Madoff pleaded guilty to his decades-long crime, was handcuffed and ordered to jail. Sentencing is scheduled for June, but he could potentially be sentenced to 150 years on 11 counts. (Read "The Madoff Hearing: A Guilty Plea, but No Catharsis...
There's no unanimity about what to do in regard to Ponzi and other fraud recovery when it comes to taxes. Ponzi survivors are getting a litany of mixed signals from bulletins, tax-adviser reports, panel discussions and the Web. And to make matters worse, many of those trying to get their tax returns in quickly are being slow-danced by their former feeder-fund managers, who, under advisement, have been slow in sending out amended statements, or K-1s; they have until Oct. 15, the final deadline for 2008 filings. (See a TIME video from outside the courthouse...
...second is a "phantom income deduction," which allows you to remove the Ponzi income going back three years. But if you still have a loss, you can carry it forward (i.e., apply it as a deduction against future gains) until the full loss is made...
...third option, a "claim of rights credit," is most beneficial, he said. It allows victims to claim a credit on their 2008 tax return for all taxes paid on Ponzi income going back to the first investment year. The catch, according to Tipograph, is that "it's never been tested in regard to Ponzis." This option is typically used in insider-trading cases, when tax monies need to be returned. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...