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</html><description>As established readers know, we've been writing since mid 2010 about the widespread, possibly pervasive, failure of mortgage securitization originators to convey the notes (the borrower IOU) to securitization trusts as stipulated in the deal documents, well before the robo signing scandal broke. This abuse matters because the transaction procedures were designed carefully to satisfy certain legal requirements, among them rules contained in the 1986 Tax Reform Act regarding REMICs, or real estate mortgage investment conduits, which required that the securitization trust receive all its assets by 90 days after closing and that all assets conveyed to the trust have to be "performing", as in not in default. Failure to comply with the rules is a prohibited act and subject to taxation at a rate of 100%, and additional penalties may apply.  Now, with the Federal government under enormous budget pressure, shouldn't the authorities be keen to go after tax cheats? The headline of a Reuters article, "IRS weighs tax penalties on mortgage securities," would suggest so. But don't get your hopes up. The lesson is don't jump to conclusions when big finance is involved.</description></oembed>

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