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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
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Failed

Hi, Failed here doesn't make for me a lot of sense, falling in revealing ? I'm not sure what is that ...

"Failed to Disclose Swiss Bank Account Income"
  

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The sentence refers to a failure of duty. The wording is abbreviated. Let us say that Jack is receiving support payments based upon his income.

— Doctor D

  • The sentence refers to a failure of duty.
  • The wording is abbreviated.
  • Let us say that Jack is receiving support payments based upon his income.
  • Jack therefore had a duty to reveal to us how much money he was earning.
  • However, he didn't tell us about the money from his Swiss bank account.
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The sentence refers to a failure of duty. The wording is abbreviated.
Let us say that Jack is receiving support payments based upon his income.
Jack therefore had a duty to reveal to us how much money he was earning.
However, he didn't tell us about the money from his Swiss bank account. (That is, he failed to disclose his Swiss bank account income.)

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