> It can take years for IRS investigators just to understand a transaction and deem it to be a violation. Given that they're talking about the IRS equivalent o

> It can take years for IRS investigators just to understand a transaction and deem it to be a violation. Given that they're talking about the IRS equivalent of "Seal Team 6", and it's taking them years to look at a single transaction, my question still stands. Just because the IRS thinks there is a violation after several years of looking at a transaction does not mean that there was in fact a violation. The fact that it's taking them so long to figure things out might be the clue that it is possible for there to be a difference of opinion on the matter. The IRS is not judge, jury, and executioner, although for most of us they may as well be. This article sounds more like sour grapes that the IRS can't get away with what they normally do when attacking truly wealthy people.