July 21, 2010 - Two UBS Clients' Swiss Claims Must Be Reheard by Tax Agency, Court Says
Swiss tax authorities failed to hear the two plaintiffs before issuing the order, the court said in a July 15 ruling that was published today. The court sent th
July 20, 2010 - Swiss Court Backs US-Swiss Pact On UBS Data
A Swiss court Monday said it backed a U.S.-Swiss deal governing the handover of thousands of pages of confidential data on clients of UBS AG (UBS) to U.S. tax o
July 20, 2010 - Treaty on UBS Accounts Is ‘Binding,’ Court Says, Rejects Appeal
The agreement approved by the parliament takes “precedence over all other international legal regulations,” the court said.
July 20, 2010 - Treaty on UBS Accounts Is ‘Binding,’ Court Says, Rejects Appeal
Switzerland’s administrative court ruled an agreement with the U.S. to transfer data on as many as 4,450 UBS AG accounts is “binding” and rejected one client’s
July 20, 2010 - LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF UBS
Verdict of the Federal Administrative Court in the matter of a UBS client versus the Federal Tax Administration
July 20, 2010 - Switzerland court approves transfer of UBS client data to US
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court announced Monday that an agreement with the US, allowing Swiss bank UBS to disclose account information of clients suspec
July 19, 2010 - UBS exec apologizes for breaking U.S. tax laws
VIDEO: UBS exec apologizes for breaking U.S. tax laws
July 19, 2010 - Did Credit Suisse Help its German Customers Evade Taxes?
The authorities seized dozens of computer disks, data copied from hard drives and more than 100 boxes of files. "The raids were very successful," says DÜsseldor
July 15, 2010 - US indicts lawyer they say aided HSBC-linked client
A U.S. grand jury indicted on Thursday a Swiss lawyer they allege helped a man identified as having an account at London-based HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) evade
July 15, 2010 - Swiss Helping Germany in Search for Former East German Assets
Switzerland is holding talks with Germany on a new tax treaty that would ease Swiss banking secrecy and require the disclosure of information about Germans beli
July 14, 2010 - German tax probe targets Credit Suisse bankers
German investigators searched the private banking operations of Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) offices in 13 cities as part of a widening clampdown on tax evaders...
July 14, 2010 - Video Inside Story-Swiss bank secrecy under pressure-24 Feb-Part 2
The US is investigating whether billions of dollars in evaded taxes are being hidden in Switzerland’s largest bank UBS. How will Switzerland defend its traditio
July 12, 2010 - U.S. Widens Tax Inquiry Into HSBC
The investigation of the bank, which is being conducted by the Justice Department, began informally around late 2008 as an offshoot of the scrutiny of UBS, the
July 9, 2010 - Mass Leak of Client Data Rattles Swiss Banking
HSBC officials allege that Mr. Falciani copied thousands of files of wealthy clients of its Swiss private-banking arm...
July 9, 2010 - U.S. Turns to Asia in Its Hunt for Tax Evaders
“There are going to be more such cases,” a person at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the person was not auth