NU Online News Service, Sept. 16, 2003, 3:02 p.m. EDT – The Internal Revenue Service says it has formed a nationwide partnership with 40 states and the District of Columbia to fight what it calls "abusive tax avoidance."
Under agreements with individual states, the IRS will share information about tax-avoidance transactions and the taxpayers who participate in them, the IRS says.
The states that have joined the partnership include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
