Word: code
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...time of his resignation from the Senate, Harrison Williams stated, "I do not feel that I broke any code of ethics" [March 22]. It is unfortunate that Mr. Williams could not see that this was precisely the problem...
...veterans' groups did not even know that their status was before the courts. Said Bertram Davis, national judge advocate of the American Legion: "We were taken quite by surprise." The lawsuit was filed by Taxation with Representation of Washington, a nonprofit group set up to fight for tax-code reform. The group went to court to win the right to a tax deduction for its own contributors; it had no desire to take the long-standing right away from veterans' organizations...
...donations to them would be deductible. But after some heavy lobbying during the New Deal by groups that raised tax-deductible funds, Congress in 1934 imposed restrictions on such activity. For reasons that are unclear, veterans' organizations were listed in a separate subsection of the tax code, and so the limitations did not explicitly apply to them...
Government officials and academic experts are perhaps most disturbed by the growing conviction of people like these that they have a right to cheat on their taxes. Many people insist that it is all right to cut corners because the tax code favors big corporations and wealthy individuals by granting them lucrative tax shelters and other loopholes. Reports that a giant corporation like General Electric Co. (1981 profits: $1.7 billion) is actually getting a Government refund on past returns add powerful fuel to this resentment. Says Thomas Field, executive director of Tax Analysts and Advocates of Arlington, Va.: "Millions...
Last night the four CCA councilors and Vellucci also gave preliminary approval to an ordinance sponsored by CCA councilor Saundra Graham which attempts to clarity the purpose of the anti-condo code passed in August...