February 22, 2010 - Tax Evasion Should Be Treated As Crime In Switzerland - Justice Minister
Swiss tax authorities should be treated in the same way as foreign ones, Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said in an interview with the weekly NZZ am So
February 22, 2010 - Swiss minister questions tax evasion rule
Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said... "The question arises whether in the long term we should abolish the distinction between tax fraud and serious c
February 20, 2010 - Fighting international tax fraud `a No. 1 priority'
``International tax compliance is probably the No. 1 priority of IRS criminal investigations division's top five priorities,'' said Daniel W. Auer, special agen
February 18, 2010 - HSBC client admits to US tax evasion charges
The court filings listed the defendant's banker as an unindicted co-conspirator. HSBC declined to comment.
February 17, 2010 - “I Hid HSBC Swiss Account from IRS”, Admits Silva
To evade the reporting requirement, U. S. law bars “structuring” or the mailing of cash in amounts of less than $10,000...
February 16, 2010 - UPDATE 2-U.S. tax guilty plea involves new foreign bank
The plea is the first among the government's recent tax prosecutions that involves a major bank other than Swiss banking giant UBS AG...
February 16, 2010 - Tax Evasion Case Draws in Another Bank
The case is significant because it shows the authorities are expanding their scrutiny of banks suspected of enabling tax evasion by wealthy Americans beyond UBS
February 16, 2010 - Surgeon Admits Conspiring to Hide HSBC Cash From IRS (Update3)
HSBC is the bank, according to people briefed on the matter. They requested anonymity because the Justice Department typically doesn’t identify conspirators in
February 16, 2010 - US Client Of England-Based Bank Pleads Guilty To Hiding Assets
Prosecutors said the account was held at the Zurich branch of one of the world's largest international banks, based in England. The Justice Department refu
February 15, 2010 - Wealthy pull billions from offshore accounts
Tax amnesties, hostile governments and tougher economic conditions are encouraging Europe’s wealthy to play it safe. They are increasingly moving their wealth b
February 15, 2010 - Offshore centers seek to solve bank secrecy riddle
European offshore centers are seeking ways to ward off relentless foreign pressure on bank secrecy that is threatening their role as financial hubs, but appeare
February 15, 2010 - Battle Over Tax Data Heats Up Between Switzerland and Germany
“Here we have a new form of bank robbery,” Pirmin Bischof, a Swiss lawmaker, told the German radio station Deutschlandfunk earlier this month. “Before, you had
February 13, 2010 - U.S. vs. Swiss Tax Cheats: A Whistleblower Ignored
...none of the options facing the U.S. in its bid to bring tax cheats to justice appear promising...
February 11, 2010 - Beware the IRS Rat: Tax Cheats and Paid Informants
If you have any tax skeletons in your closet, beware of the IRS rat. They're everywhere, scurrying about our small and large business in search of fodder; runni
February 10, 2010 - TIMELINE-Mounting pressure on Swiss bank secrecy
...social upheaval from globalisation and the financial crisis has created an atmosphere where the public demands fair tax collection....