Bank Settles Claims Over Lost Tax Papers
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Mellon Bank has agreed to pay $16.5 million to the federal government to settle claims that it allowed overwhelmed employees to destroy thousands of federal tax returns and payments in 2001.
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Riggs Bank has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge and pay a $16 million fine to settle an investigation of money laundering at the D.C. bank, according to sources close to the matter.
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Dozens of bank charges cases are settled after the judge threatens to use some of them as a legal test case.
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AUGUSTA - The taxman is looking for 240 Maine residents, and he wants to give them money. The Internal Revenue Service says the refund checks it mailed to the residents came back undelivered and unopened, with more than $182,000 unclaimed.
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British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline said it had settled a tax dispute with the US government at a cost of about 3.1 billion dollars (2.44 billion euros) to GSK.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers, which audited Tyco International when it was run by executives who later went to prison, has agreed to pay $225 million to settle claims.
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Ernst & Young LLP ERNY.UL, one of  the four largest U.S. accounting firms, will pay a total of  $125 million to settle U.S. claims arising from its audits of a  failed Illinois savings bank, regulators and the company said  Friday.
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The Treasury offers to guarantee more of Northern Rock's liabilities at the request of the troubled lender.
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Customers who withdrew money from tax-free savings accounts can salvage tax advantages.
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Hundreds of people turn to "no win, no fee" firms to reclaim penalty charges levied by banks and building societies.
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WASHINGTON The two founders of the Pennsylvania-based Pilgrim-Baxter mutual fund family have agreed settle regulators&#39; charges of improper trading.
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International Business Machines (IBM) has settled portions of an ongoing lawsuit related to pensions, and will take a charge of $320 million in the current quarter, the technology company said Wednesday.
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Business & money: Oil giant agrees to withhold Â£1.5m owed to former chief executive while a court case is resolved.
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The founders of the money management firm Pilgrim Baxter &amp; Associates agreed yesterday to each pay $80 million in a settlement that resolves a longstanding complaint that they improperly profited
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The end of an excise tax means offers of a refund.
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The British Treasury said it would facilitate a sale of the troubled mortgage lender while trying to ensure that taxpayers will not have to pay for the bankâs rescue.
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Experts are concerned that data may not being properly protected by the IRS and that a massive data loss by the agency, similar to the one last month by the U.K.'s Revenue and Customs office, could disrupt the nation's banking system.