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IRS Considers Taxing Trustees of Funds That Were Victims of Madoff Scam

The Internal Revenue Service may take steps to tax board members of private foundations who placed all or some of their organizations' assets with Bernard L. Madoff, the investor who ran a $65-billion pyramid scheme, according to Douglas Shulman, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue.

Under federal tax law,...

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