tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post5242653185325274575..comments2024-03-27T21:03:58.972-04:00Comments on Just A Life Sciences Blog...: Schering-Plough Loses $473 Million Tax Refund Case -- IRS Keeps MoneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-6527564604489469812009-09-01T23:44:56.939-04:002009-09-01T23:44:56.939-04:00Condor beat me to this story, but if you're in...Condor beat me to this story, but if you're interested in the plain-english version of what SGP did -- and it goes back to 1991, BTW -- click here:<br /><br />http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10004031/inside-scherings-437m-tax-fraud-it-doesnt-count-if-its-in-dutch/?tag=shell;content<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Condor: I don't have your email address!Jim Edwardshttp://bnet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-74161487037035653222009-09-01T08:47:42.646-04:002009-09-01T08:47:42.646-04:00Right -- there were at least two opportunities to ...Right -- there were at least two opportunities to settle with the IRS -- once in 2004, and at least a couple of times during 2006-2007. . . .<br /><br />This speaks volumes about the "<i>win at all costs</i>" culture of the now-disappearing Schering-Plough -- often torturing the actual facts, to advance dubious legal theories.<br /><br />Eventually, that sort of hubris backfires -- as it did last Friday in this IRS case.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments, one and all -- do stop back!<br /><br />NamasteCondorhttp://shearlingsplowed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-80603304322026743982009-09-01T08:03:43.477-04:002009-09-01T08:03:43.477-04:00I'm bad, I guess it started after payment of t...I'm bad, I guess it started after payment of taxes in 2004.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-51798518103992600692009-09-01T07:40:43.860-04:002009-09-01T07:40:43.860-04:00To be fair-this wasn't a Hassan initiated prob...To be fair-this wasn't a Hassan initiated problem. This did pre-date him. Though, you have to wonder what the legal costs are for the 15+ years pursuing the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-26097416033140395812009-09-01T02:30:09.108-04:002009-09-01T02:30:09.108-04:00Feel free not to look, Umanda -- just scroll on by...Feel free not to look, Umanda -- just scroll on by.<br /><br />Really -- I won't mind.<br /><br />At all.<br /><br />NamamsteCondorhttp://shearlingsplowed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-66859185103261645912009-09-01T00:04:25.620-04:002009-09-01T00:04:25.620-04:00wow, you really have no life. if you put the same...wow, you really have no life. if you put the same time and effort into something a bit more constructive, maybe this world would be a tad better place to live in. instead, you're mr. negative nancy and rejoice in others misfortunes. well, karma certainly is a bitch, is it not??? buh bye condor money, buh bye!Umanda Huggenkusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-89550079792940437562009-08-31T23:07:30.484-04:002009-08-31T23:07:30.484-04:00Here's a Trackback.Here's a <a rel="nofollow">Trackback</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com