December 18, 2009 - UBS clients appeal data sharing with US
Where appeals have not been lodged, the Swiss tax authorities will be in a position to forward the files to their US counterparts from January...
December 17, 2009 - Madoff case an unresolved headache for UBS
UBS is committed to rebuilding its battered reputation but complex litigation stemming from $1.7 billion of losses linked to convicted swindler Bernard Madoff..
December 17, 2009 - UPDATE 1-Swiss seek French tax deal freeze over HSBC breach
* Former HSBC employee took rich client bank data * Paris says has data from 130,000 potential tax cheats
December 16, 2009 - Swiss Say First Appeals Filed in UBS Tax Case
Swiss tax lawyers have said most Americans would probably be better off in taking advantage of an amnesty program by the Internal Revenue Service...
December 16, 2009 - IRS Plans Transfer Pricing Crackdown
...We will be mining the 14,700 voluntary disclosures for information to identify financial institutions, advisors and others who promoted or otherwise facilita
December 15, 2009 - Credit Suisse to Settle Over U.S. Sanctions on Iran
In October, Robert M. Morgenthau, the district attorney for Manhattan, announced that his office, the Justice Department and the Federal Reserve were investigat
December 15, 2009 - UBS Won't Sue Former Executives
"The Zurich prosecutor's office for business crime found no initial suspicion of violations of Swiss law," prosecutor Peter Pellegrini said in a statement.
December 14, 2009 - Swiss banker, lawyer now fugitives in US tax case
A U.S. judge declared fugitives on Thursday a former UBS AG banker and a Zurich lawyer charged with helping wealthy Americans hide assets...
December 14, 2009 - Swiss president rejects idea of special bonus tax
"It's a plausible idea, but it's relatively difficult to implement or not at all possible to implement because there are too many ways to avoid it," Merz told S
December 13, 2009 - New wealth unit at IRS
A new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats...
December 12, 2009 - U.S. Federal Judge Declares Swiss Banker, Lawyer Fugitives From Justice
The most recent has U.S. District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley declaring Swiss banker Hansruedi Schumacher and attorney Matthias Rickenbach fugitives from justice..
December 10, 2009 - Part of French list of tax evaders stolen from bank: Media
The French daily Le Parisien reported that a 38-year-old former bank employee had stolen at the end of 2008 some of the 3,000 names which French taxation author
December 9, 2009 - UPDATE 3-HSBC says ex-worker stole private bank client data
HSBC Holdings Plc said an ex-employee stole client data from its Swiss private bank's headquarters in 2006 and 2007...
December 8, 2009 - Offshore Tax Dodgers Can Get A Break
...IRS will share information on any such accounts held by Ohioans with the state...
December 8, 2009 - State tells wealthy to fess up on Swiss accounts before it's too late
The state is giving Ohioans with undisclosed income in Swiss bank accounts the next three months to come clean...