Nominations for Tax Offender of the Year

Yesterday was the first day of winter. For those of you suffering in the cold, I should point out that it is a little cold this morning in Orange County. As I write this it’s 53 F, with light rain. Of course, that’s nothing compared to my hometown of Chicago (-3 F, but it is sunny) or Joe Kristan in Des Moines (-6 F). Brrrr…

But what does the end of the year really mean? It’s nearing the time for award season. I saw an advertisement last night for the Golden Globe Awards. Tax bloggers give out awards, too. I give out the Tax Offender of the Year award.

Over the past twelve months I’ve noted many fraudsters and other miscreants in the blog. You may have come across someone especially deserving. There are some prerequisites for this award: The offensive behavior and/or trial (and conviction) must have taken place in 2008. And the offense must be especially noteworthy.

If you have any nominations feel free to email them to me at rcfox at claytontax dot com. I’ll announce the winner on New Year’s Eve.

Here are the posts on the two previous winners:
2005 Tax Offender of the Year
2007 Tax Offender of the Year

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One Response to “Nominations for Tax Offender of the Year”

  1. taxrascal says:
    December 23, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    We could nominate Bernie Madoff as tax un-offender of the year: huge negative income, but huge income tax liability for his clients — and the indirect stimulus probably added even more.