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...Khodorkovsky, and could climax at any time with the firm's bankruptcy or forced sale of assets - is being committed in public but was plotted in private. The hammer blows that are bringing down the firm have been delivered in plain sight: Khodorkovsky's ongoing trial for alleged fraud, tax evasion and embezzlement; the Russian government's demand for up to $6.8 billion in alleged unpaid corporate taxes; its simultaneous freezing of company assets, which makes that tax bill impossible to pay; and, last week, a Moscow court's rejection of Yukos' bid to suspend the government's efforts...
...Several student organizations weren’t being allowed to use the Harvard Tax ID to open bank accounts, and were therefore upset that they were being forced to pay a $12 monthly fee since they weren’t legally a not-for profit,” McLoughlin said. “The reason we’re making everyone move over is that now that we have the agreement in place it makes sense from an organizational standpoint so we can smooth transitional problems...
...Shades of Stalin? The detention of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former chief executive of the Russian oil company Yukos, on charges of embezzlement, theft and tax evasion has alarmed the international community [Nov. 10]. The shadow of Stalinist repression is getting longer, but this time it is being cast by Russian President Vladimir Putin. How will Russian economic growth be affected by the arrest of the oligarch who was working to open links with the West? So far, nothing has happened, because investors still think Russia is a good place to put their money. But time will tell if Khodorkovsky's arrest...
...overlooked in our current state of war. Who is President Bush to ask American troops to go abroad and fight when he was disinclined to do so himself? Only someone who knows what war entails can determine if war is truly necessary. Matthew Herman Westport, Connecticut, U.S. Europe Needs Tax Reform Your article on the sharp increase in taxes in Europe in the past 30 years included a sidebar "Want Lower Taxes? Go East" [July 19]. It said many people believe that companies may flee the high tax rates of France and Germany and head east to countries like Poland...
Everyone wins. The donors get a tax deduction, and the recipients have money to further their community programs. "Social Security may be a hotly debated topic," says Conover, "but what we're doing with it transcends politics. Our goal is to take what is seen as an entitlement and use it for those who don't have as much...