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Steuerhehlerei

English translation: aiding and abetting tax fraud

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German term or phrase:Steuerhehlerei
English translation:aiding and abetting tax fraud
Entered by: Olaf Reibedanz

15:43 Mar 14, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Taxation & Customs
German term or phrase: Steuerhehlerei
From a Manual for the Prevention of Money Laundering:

Weitere Vortaten sind: gewerbs- oder bandenmäßige Steuerhinterziehung (370a AO), gewerbsmäßiger, gewaltsamer und bandenmäßiger Schmuggel (§ 373 AO), gewerbsmäßige und bandenmäßige Steuerhinterziehung (§370 a AO) und **Steuerhehlerei** (§ 374 AO) - soweit gewerbsmäßig begangen -, jeweils auch in Verbindung mit § 12 Abs. 1 des Gesetzes zur Durchführung der Gemeinsamen Marktorganisation, Menschenhandel (§ 180 b StGB), die Zuhälterei (§ 181 a StGB), - einfacher - Diebstahl (§ 242 StGB), Unterschlagung (§ 246 StGB), Erpressung (§ 253 StGB), Hehlerei (§ 259 StGB), Betrug (§ 263 StGB), Subventionsbetrug (§ 264 StGB), Untreue (§ 266 StGB), Urkundenfälschung (§ 267 StGB), Fälschung beweiserheblicher Daten (§ 269 StGB), unerlaubte Veranstaltung eines Glücksspiels (§ 284 StGB), unerlaubter Umgang mit gefährlichen Abfällen - einschließlich des Versuchs - (§ 326 StGB), unerlaubter Umgang mit radioaktiven und anderen gefährlichen Stoffen - einschließlich des Versuchs - (§ 328 StGB) sowie Einschleusen von Ausländern (§ 92 a AuslG) und Verleitung zur mißbräuchlichen Asylantragstellung (§ 84 AsylVerfG), soweit diese Taten von einem Mitglied einer Bande, die sich zur fortgesetzten Begehung solcher Taten verbunden hat, oder gewerbsmäßig begangen werden.
Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 20:24
aiding and abetting tax evasion
Explanation:
also 'facilitating'

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-03-14 15:51:24 GMT)
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http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-rakow17nov17...
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/pr2003/134.html
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:24
Grading comment
Many thanks everybody - I used "aiding and abetting tax fraud".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3aiding and abetting tax evasion
Lancashireman
4conspiracy to commit tax fraud
gangels (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
aiding and abetting tax evasion


Explanation:
also 'facilitating'

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-03-14 15:51:24 GMT)
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http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-rakow17nov17...
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/pr2003/134.html


    Reference: http://www.finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=2940
Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34
Grading comment
Many thanks everybody - I used "aiding and abetting tax fraud".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  senin
2 mins
agree  David Hollywood
10 mins
agree  Kim Metzger: abetting tax fraud - any difference between fraud and evasion?
16 mins
  -> Not sure but apparently there is a subtle difference between 'evasion' and 'avoidance'!
neutral  Michael Kucharski: "Hehlerei" (per definition) comes after tax evasion/tax fraud is completed and is not the same as "Beihilfe/Anstiftung zur Steuerhinterziehung" which occurs before the offense is committed.
1 day 1 hr
  -> As you rightly point out, ‘abetting’ = Anstiftung. ‘aiding’ (=Beihilfe) can come at any stage including ‘receiving’ tax which had been evaded. The only person guilty of ‘receiving’ taxes in UK is called Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
conspiracy to commit tax fraud


Explanation:
tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is perfectly legal (taking advantage of loopholes the tax code offers)

gangels (X)
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 85
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