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Footnotes: Smuggle ‘Em If You Got ‘Em; Waiting for the SEC; You Need Some Slackers | 09.27.12

Cigarette Smuggling Can Make You $4 Million Dollars Richer [Tax Foundation]

Wonkblog’s comprehensive guide to the debate over Romney’s tax plan [Wonkblog/WaPo]

Jonathan Weil is waiting – WAITING – for the SEC to go after a Big 4 firm. [Bloomberg]

Nortel fraud trial: Closing arguments begin [TS]

Romneys reported sharp gain in foreign income in 2011 tax return [Reuters]

Why Your Company Should Have More 'Slackers' [CFO]

A Modest Proposal: Five Ways to Tax the 47 Percent [TaxVox]

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