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The KPMG tax shelter fraud scandal involved illegal U.S. tax shelters by KPMG that were exposed beginning in 2003. In early 2005, the United States member firm of KPMG International, KPMG LLP , was accused by the United States Department of Justice of fraud in marketing abusive tax shelters .
In the 1970s, African professional began to assume senior positions within the firm and gradually the expatriate owners began to hand over control to Africans. Some of the local branches changed the business name, in Ghana it became Peat, Marwick, Okoh & Co [ 1 ] and in Nigeria, the firm became Peat, Marwick, Ani & Ogunde. [ 2 ]
KPMG's scandal-hit South African arm on Sunday welcomed a review of its turnaround strategy by the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA), saying its failings led to a negative image of ...
KPMG office in Amstelveen, Netherlands KPMG offices at FPM41, Lisbon, Portugal. In 1816, Robert Fletcher started working as an accountant and in 1839 the firm he worked for changed its name to Robert Fletcher & Co. [8] William Barclay Peat joined the firm in 1870 at 17 and became head of the firm in 1891, renamed William Barclay Peat & Co. by then. [9]
The Subcommittee found that KPMG had sold to at least 350 people from 1997 to 2001, earning fees of $124 million. Those shelters cost the Treasury at least $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes, according to the subcommittee. In the investigation, KPMG argued that investors knew they were taking a risk that the IRS might not accept the claims. [3]
The Gupta family is a wealthy and influential business family from India, with close ties to former South African President Jacob Zuma and his administration. [3] The family's most notable members are the brothers Ajay, Atul, and Rajesh "Tony" Gupta—as well as Atul's nephews Varun, [4] and US-based Ashish and Amol.
Speaking with CNN by phone, on the way to Tanzania for his next project, he shared his approach to fine art photography, what the past two decades have taught him and why taking pictures in Africa ...
The Rockefeller File offers a critical look into the lives -- and secrets -- of the controversial family behind the colossal fortune. The shocking, true story was written by Gary Allen almost 30 ...