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Posted: 4/20/2013 5:23:32 PM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2005 file photo, Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) General Secretary Chuck Blazer attends a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The CONCACAF ethics and integrity committee alleges Blazer enjoyed luxury apartments, a military-style Hummer vehicle and even car insurance for a girlfriend, using the regional soccer organization's money. Blazer also is accused of violating U.S. and perhaps state and local tax by not having CONCACAF submit returns for 2004-10, according to the report released at the CONCACAF congress in Panama City, with FIFA President Sepp Blatter in attendance, Friday, April 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer, File)
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Posted: 4/18/2013 10:34:08 PM EST
A man walks out of an Internal Revenue Services office after filing his taxes on Tax Day in New York, April 15, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS CONFLICT) - RTXE12W
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Posted: 4/15/2013 9:08:40 PM EST
Dressed as The Statue of Liberty, Philip Luongo of Scranton, Pa. waves to passing motorists on S. Webster Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Monday, April 15, 2013. Monday was the last day for Americans to file their tax forms. (AP photo / The Scranton Times-Tribune, Butch Comegys) (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, ) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 4/15/2013 1:38:27 PM EST
FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Here’s a little secret for all you procrastinators on Tax Day: The Internal Revenue Service doesn’t like to talk about it, but as long as you don’t owe any additional taxes, there is no penalty for filing a few days late. The late filing penalty is usually 5 percent of the unpaid taxes for each month _ or part of a month _ a return is late. That can add up quickly if you owe additional taxes. But what if the unpaid taxes are zero? Five percent of zero is ... Zero! (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Posted: 4/14/2013 10:03:31 AM EST
FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Worried the Internal Revenue Service might target you for an audit? You probably should worry if you own a small business in one of the wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles. Or if you’re a small business owner in one of dozens of communities near San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta or Washington. The IRS uses a secret computer program to identify potential tax cheats for audits, and researchers with access to the data say they have found large clusters of likely cheaters in these five metropolitan areas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Posted: 4/12/2013 6:28:24 PM EST
In this Monday, April 16, 2012 file photo, an Illinois Department of Revenue employee offers assistance to income tax payers at the Illinois Department of Revenue, in Springfield, Ill. Even with the advent of electronic filing, many Americans may not be able to deliver their tax return before the deadline Monday, April 15, 2013, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. However, the IRS will give you until Oct. 15 to file your return if you ask for an extension by midnight Tuesday, April 16. Last year, 10.7 million Americans did just that. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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Posted: 4/12/2013 5:48:25 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., enters the Speaker's office for a meeting about tax cuts on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama's push for tougher gun measures and expanded background checks has placed several moderate Senate Democrats facing re-election next year in a bind, forcing them to take sides on a deeply personal issue for rural voters. Baucus, the only Democrat with the NRA's top rating, said he will vote against the bill as it currently stands, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Posted: 4/12/2013 1:55:11 PM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo, Nataliya Magnitskaya holds a portrait of her son, Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in jail, as she speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. The Treasury Department on Friday announced the names of 18 Russians subject to financial sanctions and visa bans because of their alleged violations of human rights. The list, an outgrowth of a law enacted last December to hold Russian officials accountable for human rights abuses, is certain to further strain relations with the Moscow government. Russia has strongly objected to the act and threatened to retaliate with its own sanctions. The act is named for Magnitsky, who was arrested in 2008 for tax evasion after accusing Russian police officials of stealing $230 million in tax rebates. He died in prison the next year, allegedly after being beaten and denied medical treatment. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Posted: 4/12/2013 5:49:31 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2012 file photo, residents march during a demonstration against the Conga gold and silver mining project in Mamacocha Lagoon, Peru. Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. has seen its $5 billion Minas Conga project in Peru stalled amid violent protests and water pollution allegations. In country after country, the world’s biggest miners are facing new environmental standards, confronting changing tax and currency laws and defending long-term contracts they thought were written in stone. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:54:55 AM EST
FILE - An undated file photo provided by Google shows one of their street mapping cars. The moment Google Maps Street View was rolled out in Lithuania earlier 2013, tax authorities were ready. Sitting in the comfort of their own officers, tax inspectors used the free Internet program for a virtual cruise around the streets of some of Lithuania’s large cities, uncovering dozens of alleged tax violations involving housing construction and property sales. Darius Buta, spokesman for the State Tax Inspectorate, said Wednesday April 10, 2013 that authorities have identified 100 homeowners and 30 construction companies as suspected tax dodgers thanks to Google Maps Street View. (AP Photo/Google, file)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 9:54:39 AM EST
FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Luxembourg's Prime Minister and and former head of the eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker, right, walks with Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem in Luxembourg. Luxembourg said it will start exchanging information with the rest of Europe to help fight tax evasion, the government said Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in a move it hopes will give the country a more transparent financial industry. The decision follows international pressure on Luxembourg to end its policy of banking secrecy that critics argue helps people hide money in the tiny country of half a million people from tax authorities. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 9:54:39 AM EST
FILE - In this July 1996 file photo, Luxembourg's old town skyline is seen from across the deep gorge that runs through the city. Luxembourg will start exchanging information with the rest of Europe to help fight tax evasion, the government said Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in a move it hopes will give the country a more transparent financial industry. The decision follows international pressure on Luxembourg to end its policy of banking secrecy that critics argue helps people hide money in the tiny country of half a million people from tax authorities. (AP Photo/Paul Ames, File)
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Posted: 4/9/2013 7:33:46 AM EST
This March 14, 2013 handout photo provided by the State of Oklahoma’s Legislative Service Bureau shows Rep. Joe Dorman at he Oklahoma Capitol on March 14, 2013 in Oklahoma City. Dorman, a Democrat from Rush Springs, said he had grown tired of seeing Oklahoma spending millions of dollars defending its proposed laws in the courts, and suggested a tax form “check-off” as a way to draw voters’ attention to the costs of legal action. (AP Photo/State of Oklahoma’s Legislative Service Bureau)
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Posted: 4/9/2013 3:13:30 AM EST
CORRECTS POLITICAL DESIGNATION - In this undated photo provided by the Oklahoma Legislative Services Bureau, state Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs, speaks on the floor of the Oklahoma House in Oklahoma City. Dorman said he had grown tired of seeing Oklahoma spending millions of dollars defending its proposed laws in the courts and he suggested a tax form "check off" as a way to draw voters’ attention to the costs of legal action. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Legislative Services Bureau)
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Posted: 4/6/2013 1:53:23 AM EST
Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, right, a Hutchinson Republican, consults his chief of staff, Peter Northcott, left, before the Senate takes up anti-abortion legislation, Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Bruce supports the bill, which blocks tax breaks for abortion providers and imposes other restrictions. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Posted: 4/6/2013 1:53:23 AM EST
Kansas state Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, right, a Shawnee Republican, talks to state Rep. John Rubin, left, another Shawnee Republican, in the House chamber, Friday, April 5, 2013, in the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. Pilcher-Cook is a leading advocate of a bill blocking tax breaks for abortion providers, and Rubin supports it as well. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 7:03:21 PM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Wesley Snipes poses during the photo call for the film "Brooklyn's Finest" at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Snipes, convicted in 2008 on tax charges, was released Tuesday, April 2, 2013 from a federal prison in Pennsylvania. A Bureau of Corrections spokeswoman said Friday that Snipes will be overseen by the New York Community Corrections Office until July 19. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 4:18:33 PM EST
FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama stands with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio after they attended a Friends of Ireland luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. The partisan cease-fire that kept the government running this spring gave birth to hopeful talk of a much larger “grand bargain” that would reduce the federal deficit for years. But such optimism seems to ignore how far apart the two parties remain on key issues. The mutual obstinance disappoints those who felt top Republicans and Democrats were close to a major accord on spending cuts and tax increases in December. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. File)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 12:23:28 PM EST
FILE - In this July 21, 2011 file photo, Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don’t accurately project their income. Starting next year, President Barack Obama’s new health care law will offer generous subsidies to help millions of people buy private health insurance on state-based exchanges, if they don’t already get coverage through their employer. The subsidies are based on income. The lower your income, the bigger the subsidy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 12:23:28 PM EST
FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don’t accurately project their income. Starting next year, President Barack Obama’s new health care law will offer generous subsidies to help millions of people buy private health insurance on state-based exchanges, if they don’t already get coverage through their employer. The subsidies are based on income. The lower your income, the bigger the subsidy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
