October 18, 2011 - U.S. Should Pursue Swiss Banks Only in Some Cases, Lawma
U.S. officials should only be able to request administrative assistance from Switzerland when banks deliberately helped their clients to dodge taxes, the head of a Swiss parliament’s committee said today.
October 18, 2011 - Swiss inching towards U.S. tax deal agreement
A Swiss parliamentary commission is edging toward accepting a government proposal that would allow the transfer of bank clients' data to the United States to settle a tax evasion dispute, Swiss news agency SDA reported.
October 7, 2011 - Swiss banks put under pressure from US
Apart from Credit Suisse, the banks in question include Julius Bär, Zürich Cantonal Bank, Basel Cantonal Bank and Wegelin.
October 7, 2011- Switzerland to hand tax dodger names to U.S.-paper
The Tages-Anzeiger reported a secret meeting between the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) took place last week with the banks that are allegedly involved. During this meeting, the banks were told to prepare dossiers of their U.S. clients.
October 7, 2011 - Swiss to Hand Hundreds of Account Holder Names to U.S, T-
A first batch of data will be handed over in late October, with more to follow in mid-November, the Swiss newspaper said.
September 21, 2011 - Zurich cantonal bank is latest U.S. tax target
Bank spokesman Basil Brunner has confirmed that it is on the list of of banks suspected of helping wealthy Americans to dodge taxes.
September 21, 2011 - ZKB target of U.S. tax investigation
Swiss regional bank Zuercher Kantonalbank (ZKB) said it has been informed it is subject of an investigation by U.S. authorities, confirming a Swiss newspaper report on Wednesday