Tax evasion in the United States

Under the federal law of the United States of America, tax evasionor tax fraud, is the purposeful illegal attempt of a taxpayer to evade payment of a tax imposed by the federal government. Conviction of tax evasion may result in fines and imprisonment.^[1]

Tax evasion is separate from "tax avoidance", which is the legal utilization of the tax regime to one's own advantage in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law. Tax evasion is illegal while tax avoidance is legal.

In Gregory v. Helvering the US Supreme Court concurred with Judge Learned Hand's statement that: "Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes." However, the court also ruled there was a duty not to illegally distort the tax code so as to evade paying one's legally required tax burden. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_evasion_in_the_United_States

Публичный позор Лендлордам в Нью -Й орке

http://gothamist.com/2014/09/23/landlord_shaming_nyc.php

 "But in the grand scheme of housing in New York City, the idea that a tenant has the right to take their landlord to housing court over the neglected repairs, threats, or any number of things, is a relatively new concept."

If you're wondering what happens to your rent money after you reluctantly pry it from your bank account every month, it is probably not going towards paying taxes—apparently, landlords collectively owe the city over $555 million in bills and back taxes. And yet no one's taping an eviction notice to their doors! Nothing will make you like your landlord.

The Post reported today that the owners of 20,898 buildings across the city have fallen behind on taxes, water bills and emergency repair bills, collectively owing the city a hefty chunk of change. According to the Department of Finance's most recent 60-day lien sale list [pdf], Brooklyn landlords are unsurprisinglythe biggest offenders, owing $212.8 million to the city; one Clinton Hill building alone owes $9 million, having neglected to pay taxes or water bills for the last 20 years.

And it turns out that landlords owe the city less money than they owed last year, noting a 24 percent decline in owed bills and taxes since May 2013 [pdf]. Apparently the property owners managing those fancy new developments are more capable of covering taxes and repairs, which makes sense if you'recharging $3,000 for a studio in Bushwicksburg.http://gothamist.com/2014/03/13/nyc_landlords_amirite.php

подделали документы Hа владение домом

http://nypost.com/2014/10/12/woman-fights-to-take-back-house-stolen-in-deed-fraud-scam/

не дом ограбили у пожилой женщины, а украли подделали документы Hа владение домом

вбил слова подделка "дид" (документ ма владение домом) и первые результаты:
1)

'Dead' Banker Arrested in $21 Million Fraud Charges

Jan. 1, 2014

2) a fundraising scam

арестовали и осудили рабая - дойдёт дело и до криминальых домовладельцев

Spinka financial controversy

The Spinka financial controversy is a case in which five Spinka charitable organisations under the auspices of Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Weisz, the Spinka Rebbe ofBoro Park, as well as Weisz himself, his personal assistant, and five others were charged with various counts of tax fraud and money laundering.^[1] Their indictmentalleges that the five charities were used to launder money and to avoid payment of tax on taxable income by issuing fraudulent receipts for bogus charitable contributions, and charging fees for transfers of funds.^{[2][2][3][4][5]} Among those charged are four men from Los Angeles, California and two from Tel Aviv. These include a diamond merchant, a businessman, and an attorney.^[6] The five Spinka charitable organizations are Yeshiva Imrei Yosef, Yeshivath Spinka, Central Rabbinical Seminary, Machne Sva Rotzohn, and Mesivta Imrei Yosef Spinka, all based in Brooklyn.^[2]

The accusations include receiving up to seven-figure sums in contributions to Spinka charities while secretly promising to refund up to 95% of contributors' donations, thus allowing contributors to then illegally claim tax deductions on money they in fact kept.^[6] The scheme allegedly saved the participating donors millions of dollars in federal income taxes.^[7] Over the course of ten years, it is alleged that at least $8.7 million in donations were involved, out of which the charities kept nearly $750,000. The rest is said to have been refunded to donors who allegedly claimed bogus donations on their income tax returns.^[7]

The case was broken with the help of a secret cooperating witness, a Los Angeles businessman who had contributed $1.7 million to the scheme, when he agreed to turn state's evidence and to secretly record his former colleagues.^[8][9] In 2008, the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles published a detailed report on the case alongside a number of related articles.^[10] The article was the paper's cover story and was written by the paper's religion editor, Amy Klein. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles article revealed from court documents that the FBI informant was a Jewish LA businessman.^[11] According to the article, the informant had been wiretapped by the FBI in conversation with Spinka officials negotiating over the percentage of kickback to be kept. According to an affidavit cited in the article, the scam was instigated by the informant’s father, a major LA Jewish philanthropist.^[11] The article also quoted experts on the Orthodox Jewish world, with Joel Cohen arguing that:

“

Only with the open denouncement of wrongdoing from within the particular observant community can the community hope to demonstrate and protect the Torah's commitment to honesty in one's interpersonal dealings as being at least equal to, if not greater than, its commitment to technical observance of mitzvoth.[11]

”

Some have suggested that the informant should be termed a moser--an informant.^[11] The Rabbinical Council of California spokesman commented that the body has discussed the issue but declined to take a position.

Samuel Heilman of City University of New York commented on the controversy in The Forward: "There is a great temptation among these rabbis, who come from a culture that often views the ‘government’ as in the hands of enemies, to believe that for ‘higher’ motives is acceptable; in fact, often their temptations are driven by more venal and selfish aims than they might acknowledge."^[12]

Weisz and Zigelman appeared in court on December 31, 2007. They spent some of the time studying Hebrew books and reciting Psalms.^[11] On July 13, 2009, Rabbi Weisz pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and could face up to five years in prison.

On July 28, 2009, an emotional Rabbi Weisz admitted their mistake, apologized, and exhorted others not to follow in his mistakes, at a conference devoted to legality in the Orthodox community. "Things happened that were not supposed to happen," he said. "We have to commit that in the future this will never happen again." ^[13] The Rabbi also disclosed a legal compliance plan developed in conjunction with a team of lawyers and accountants, to which all Spinka institutions were bound to follow, and which he offered to share freely with all other synagogues, schools and institutions.

аферист - "Крупный застройщих-хасид" 2

ответ на вопрос - зачем домовладельцев приводит в упадок дом, дома и прочие владения
Недавно произошло убийство одного из зловредных бруклиновских домов презрения. Как иначе назвать дома где происходят душераздирающие драммы, как на пример в моей истории.
Где "разводят" на деньги без всяких церемоний. Как в средние века, грабят среди бела дня зная что Амриканский принцип затяжной бюрократии и судов не могут повлиять на быстрый бизнесс преступных афер. Да, факт есть факт:
Если бы работяги которых Сатмар Старк
Забавно как русские местные "газзетчики" утратившие свою былую славу со "смертью новостей" (никто газет в наше время не читает, как я уже писал) язвят и искажают факты называя афериста Сатмара Старка "Крупный застройщих-хасид"

Вот вам еще подтверждение о том как благотворительны здесь те кто называют себя защитниками прав человека и правового общества.
Как здесь деньги превалируют над всякими стандартами устаревших понятий о честности и порядочности "приличных" людей.
Если афериста называют "Крупный застройщих-хасид" то значит настало время когда афера и обман как любое преступление стало нормой дня.
Тогда видимо скоро можно будет увидеть и предсказания фантастов о социальных безпорядках, коль скоро всё незаконное становится законным и только физическая сила или деньги преобрели реальную силу.
Но это я отошел от темы по привычке занятий демагогией в свободное от работы время.

болезнь "плохой" (анти-санитарной) квартиры.

зачем же продавать такие квартиры - да еще за нал и месячной оплатой за по-месячным уходом за квартирой со стороны управления домом? Все трубы в старых домах без суперинтенданта в состояние аварийности и всегда протекают, их если и чинят - то на короткое время, потом опять течёт. И логике владельца коим я стал, не подается факт того, что разруха в доме может быть чем-то иным чем идиотизм хозяина.

Оказалось за всей необьяснимой тайной такой практики продаж плохих кватир и отказа от всякого там ремонта со стороны управления домом (а в моем случае нет никакого управления домом, ко-оп видимо тоже липа) скрыта афера. 

Об том что же это за тип аферы можно наконец понять...

Все то что мне было не понятно когда я пытался по наивности привести квартиру в порядок.

Оказалось что водопроводчик был прав. Если весь дом в упадке как не старайся, но свою квартиру ты не сможешь огородить от безконечных неизбежных затрат, затоплений, клопов и другой нечисти.

А самое главное - все проблемы не только портят нервы, не только время личное забирают но могут и просто напросто сделать здорового человека - больным.

Где-то я видел термин - болезнь "плохой" (анти-санитарной) квартиры.