To catch a tax cheat
Erika A. Kelton, International Herald Tribune, Aug. 7, 2008.
In the effort to crack down on tax evasion and tax fraud, many countries have banded together to exchange information, remove bank secrecy and work on cross-border enforcement initiatives.
But if they really want to get serious about tax fraud, they should treat their enforcement efforts as a business and pay for information about tax fraud, evasion and underpayments by corporations and wealthy individuals. The return on such an investment would make it well worth the cost.