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Admit it. As the battle for the future of healthcare divided our nation over the past few months, you remained squarely on the sideline. It’s not that you didn’t have an opinion on whether Obamacare should remain the law of the land or be replaced by one of two Republican offerings — the American Health Care Act or the Better Care Reconciliation Act — it’s just that you felt, well…stupid.

There was so much to understand and keep up with, and when that one guy in your office would give an impassioned defense of the preexisting conditions clause or rail against Medicaid, you felt like perhaps you weren’t quite informed enough to get involved.
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(Bloomberg) A photo of your shiny new car on Instagram or the Facebook post about your chic holiday cottage may lead India’s taxman to your door.

Starting next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will begin amassing a warehouse of virtual information collected not just from traditional sources like banks but also from social media sites, as it looks to match residents’ spending patterns with income declarations, said people familiar with the matter. Officials will be able to spot those who pay too little tax without raiding offices and homes as they currently do, the people said, asking not to be identified citing rules on speaking with the media.
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About 10 to 15 years ago, the IRS began serving “John Doe” warrants to foreign banks to compel those banks to release the names of account holders on certain bank accounts. This was followed by a tough crackdown by the Service on taxpayers who failed to file FinCEN Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), which certain foreign bank account holders are required to file (and face stiff penalties for not filing, including jail time).
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