Thursday , 28 March 2024

Taxes & Tax Cheats, Tax Fraud & Tax Avoidance In America

It is estimated that the collective cost of tax evasion over the last decade in the U.S. is $3.09 trillion and that $5 billion a year is  lost from fraudulent tax refund claims. Below are more eye-popping numbers in infographic form.

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Tax Fraud and Cheats

Source: Online-Accounting-Degrees.net

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