Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officials in Southern California believe they are confronting the vanguard of such deceptions. "Many forms of tax evasion-the ideas-seem to start in California and spread elsewhere, just as fads start out here," says Ron Saranow, chief of the IRS Criminal Investigations Division for the region. One of the local figures who most irritate California tax authorities is Armen Condo, a self-styled "maverick minister" who heads an organization called Your Heritage Protection Association, based in Orange County. With a dues-paying flock of 15,000, Condo took in an estimated $2 million in three years while preaching...
...sound reasons for allowing deductions for business lunches. But Rachel's point is pertinent nonetheless: the "three-martini lunch," as President Jimmy Carter called it, adds to the impression that the tax code rewards the well-to-do and those in favored occupations. This perception contributes to the spread of tax evasion. In an interesting experiment at the University of Colorado, a group of students were asked to declare their incomes and pay taxes of about 40%. One-third were told that everyone in the group was supposed to pay 40%, another third were told that the others were...
...Internal Revenue Service likes to prosecute celebrities, partly because celebrities often have large financial liabilities and partly because the publicity attendant to skewering the famous helps to spread the warning to humbler citizens. Among the notables accused...
...million by the end of 1982. Goldman believes that Soviet oil exports to Italy doubled. This year, the Soviets let news of their price cuts seep out. The first cut, from $31.50 to $29.35, came in January. Last week, after OPEC announced its new $29 bench mark, word spread that the Soviet Union had cut prices again...
...travel agent found an extra bonus in the plan. A customer wanted to fly 140 miles from Valdosta, Ga., to Dothan, Ala. However, the $54 flight includes a stop more than 200 miles from either town, in Atlanta. Bingo! That meant a free pass to California. Word spread fast. The resulting stampede to Dothan included one high school senior who booked ten seats for himself and nine classmates so that they could take a trip after graduation...