August 22, 2011 - Swiss President Says U.S. Approach in Tax Probe ‘Unacceptable’
Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey said the way U.S. tax authorities are seeking information from Switzerland on alleged tax evasion by Americans is “legally u
August 22, 2011 - Credit Suisse to cut jobs at wealth management team in India
Credit Suisse, the second largest bank in Switzerland, is cutting about a third of its wealth managers in India, in line with other global banks that have reduc
August 19, 2011 - Analysis: Critics say new law makes them tax agents
A U.S. law meant to snuff out billions of dollars in offshore tax evasion has drawn the criticism of the world's banks and business people, who dismiss it as im
August 19, 2011 - UBS, Credit Suisse did not use Fed swap facility
Switzerland's two biggest banks UBS (UBSN.VX) (UBS.N) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) (CS.N) on Friday denied they had made use of the Federal Reserve's swap facili
August 17, 2011 - Swiss Banks, Aiding and Abetting
Despite all of the I.R.S.’s efforts, wealthy American tax cheats are still able to hide their money because Swiss banks are still eager to help them.
August 15, 2011 - Switzerland likely to strike tax deal with Britain soon: source
"We would welcome it if Switzerland and the United States were able to start talks quickly for a global solution," Odier said when asked about the problems faci
August 15, 2011 - Swiss ex-banker no longer being held on remand: report
Former Julius Baer bank manager, Rudolf Elmer, is no longer being held on remand, Swiss newspaper Sonntag reported on Sunday.
August 15, 2011 - Secret Swiss Account Holders Say Game Over
The IRS does not seem to see the difference between tax evaders with big, complex accounts and others such as heirs of Holocaust survivors who kept accounts sec
August 15, 2011 - Secret Swiss Account Holders Say Game Over
The IRS does not seem to see the difference between tax evaders with big, complex accounts and others such as heirs of Holocaust survivors who kept accounts sec
August 11, 2011 - Credit Suisse faces U.S. tax evasion test
Credit Suisse is likely in serious negotiations over a deal to allow the bank to avoid prosecution for U.S. tax evasion cases, leading American tax lawyers tell
August 11, 2011 - NY Bar Comments on Voluntary Disclosure Program
New York Bar provides comments to the 2011 OVDI FAQs.
August 11, 2011 - German prosecutor to intensify Credit Suisse probe
Prosecutors in Duesseldorf will keep up the heat in a tax evasion probe of Credit Suisse , even as Switzerland and Germany on Wednesday agreed on how to deal wi
August 11, 2011 - Tax-evading Germans can come in from the Swiss cold by 2013
A Swiss-German tax deal has been reached, and the details, which have provoked much speculation in recent weeks, were made public Wednesday morning by the two g
August 10, 2011 - Deal reached on Swiss-German tax treaty
“A positive outcome is the fact that Germany has unequivocally acknowledged that the final withholding tax for the future is equivalent to the automatic exchang
August 10, 2011 - Swiss to Settle Tax-Evasion Dispute With Germany
Swiss banks will pay 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.8 billion) to the German government to cover the failure by their clients to disclose undeclared money in the pa