Articles & Publications

2019:

  • Washington’s ‘Cutting-Edge’ Solution To Combat Sales Tax Fraud, from Tax Notes State, December 2, 2019, p. 717 by Richard T. Ainsworth, Robert Chicoine, Andrew Leahey, and Sunder Gee

2018:

  • Taxing and Zapping Marijuana: Blockchain Compliance and Trump (Part 5) 89 STATE TAX NOTES 157 (July 9, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Brendan Magauran
  • Taxing and Zapping Marijuana: Blockchain Compliance and Trump (Part 4) 89 STATE TAX NOTES 39 (July 2, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Brendan Magauran
  • Taxing and Zapping Marijuana: Blockchain Compliance and Trump (Part 3) 88 STATE TAX NOTES 1213 (June 18, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Brendan Magauran
  • Taxing and Zapping Marijuana: Blockchain Compliance and Trump (Part 2) 88 STATE TAX NOTES 419 (April 30, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Brendan Magauran
  • Taxing and Zapping Marijuana: Blockchain Compliance and Trump (Part 1) 88 STATE TAX NOTES 241 (April 16, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Brendan Magauran
  • Washington’s Problematic Sales Suppression Enforcement Regime, 87 STATE TAX NOTES 995 (March 12, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Robert Chicoine
  • Zapped! An Analysis of Washington’s Electronic Monitoring Agreement, 87 STATE TAX NOTES 885 (March 5, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Robert Chicoine
  • Fighting Technology with Technology: Taking Aim at Electronic Sales Suppression, 89 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 1037 (March 12, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Robert Chicoine.
  • A VATCoin Solution to MTIC Fraud: Past Efforts, Present Technology, and the EU’s 2017 Proposal 89 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 335 (January 22, 2018) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Musaad Alwohaibi, Mike Cheetham, & Camille Tirand

2017:

  • The Technology Requirements of the First Electronic Monitoring Agreement in the US for Zappers, 86 STATE TAX NOTES 239 (October 16, 2017) by Richard T. Ainsworth and Robert Chicoine
  • The First Real-Time Blockchain VAT: GCC Solves MTIC Fraud 86 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 695 (May 22, 2017) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • Payroll Tax Compliance and Blockchain, 85 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 1007 (March 13, 2017) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • Trump and VAT: NAFTA, Trade barriers, and Retaliatory Tariffs 85 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 375 (January 23, 2017); 154 TAX NOTES 463 (January 23, 2017) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • Email Tax Scams: A Solution from Dubai, 85 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 103 (January 2, 2017); 154 TAX NOTES 131 (January 2, 2017) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • Blockchain, Bitcoin and the GCC: The Missing Trader Example (Part 2), Bloomberg BNA: Tax Planning International – Indirect Taxes (January 2017) by Richard T. Ainsworth

2016:

  • Blockchain, Bitcoin and the GCC: The Missing Trader Example (Part 1), Bloomberg BNA: Tax Planning International – Indirect Taxes (December 2016) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • VATCoin: Can a Crypto Tax Currency Prevent VAT Fraud? 84 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 703 (November 14, 2016) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • GCC VAT: The Intra-Gulf Trade Problem 84 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 315 (October 17, 2016) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • Blockchain Technology Might Solve VAT Fraud 83 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 1165 (September 26, 2016) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • VAT Fraud Mutation, Part 3: “Pull” Missing Trader Fraud and Deutsche Bank 81 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 1139 (March 28, 2016) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • VAT Fraud Mutation, Part 2: CITIBank a transition, 81 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 971 (March 14, 2016) by Richard T. Ainsworth
  • VAT Fraud Mutation, Part 1: “Push” Missing Trader Fraud and Dosanjh, 81 TAX NOTES INTERNATIONAL 535 (February 8, 2016) by Richard T. Ainsworth