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Derivative basket options questioned

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has turned its attention to a derivative strategy that, from a tax…

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has turned its attention to a derivative strategy that, from a tax standpoint, was rendered unusable in an earlier IRS memo.

I attended the July 2 hearing and was not very surprised by the information presented about the “basket option

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