June 17, 2009 - US must chase disappearing dollars, critics say
The United States needs more money and President Barack Obama hopes boost federal coffers by raising corporate taxes and coercing tax cheats into compliance...
June 16, 2009 - US Tax Spat Returns UBS To Spotlight As Swiss, US Seek Pact
UBS AG (UBS) was again at the center of relations between Switzerland and the U.S. Tuesday as the two countries launched talks aimed at agreeing a double-tax tr
June 15, 2009 - Swiss Whistleblower to Reveal Cayman Islands Secrets
A former Swiss banker turned whistle-blower claims to be handing over a pile of secret documents to US tax authorities....
July 15, 2009 - PREVIEW-Swiss seek U.S. tax deal before UBS case continues
...Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz has asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to drop a tax evasion case against UBS...
June 15, 2009 - The wealthy lose faith in their bankers
...UBS reported an outflow of more than $95bn last year as clients switched accounts...
June 13, 2009 - UBS’s Tax Deals Shredded U.S. Patience With Gall: Ann Woolner
...With thousands of Swiss depositors now voluntarily showing up at the IRS... that list of 52,000 has surely shrunk...
June 13, 2009 - IRS Clarifies Requirement for Filing FBAR Form Due This Month
...taxpayers to rely on the definition of a United States Person as set forth in the prior instructions to the FBAR...
June 10, 2009 - Swiss Officials in ‘Detailed Talks’ on UBS Investment (Update3)
Swiss officials... weigh swapping 6 billion francs ($5.5 billion) in convertible notes for more than 9 percent of the bank....
June 8, 2009 - Billionaire Tax Felon Says UBS Lied in Pledge to Report to IRS
Olenicoff says... “Once you do something wrong, you fess up to it and you pay for it.”
June 8, 2009 - Is Phil Gramm Involved in UBS Case?
If you were a company that had hired the former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee that designed the regulatory system...
June 7, 2009 - Swiss in no rush for tax talks with Germany-paper
Switzerland is no rush to start talks about a new double taxation agreement with Germany...
June 3, 2009 - GETTING PERSONAL: Stressing Over Offshore Tax Filing
Teig Lawrence... says that skipping the June 30 deadline is violating the law. "Some taxpayers are clearly in a Catch-22 situation...
June 2, 2009 - Breaking news: HMRC caps offshore penalty at 10%
HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed there will be a 10% penalty for UK taxpayers who voluntarily disclose unpaid tax on accounts held offshore...
June 1, 2009 - As Swiss Economy Goes South, Appetites Turn to Italy
The bankers in this Swiss financial center are struggling these days to overcome a funk...
May 29, 2009 - France launches formal probe into Madoff fallout
The proceeding comes after a French woman filed a suit in January against Swiss bank UBS...