June 10, 2013 -Michael Ambühl, victime d’une guerre bureaucratique américaine
Lawyer of American clients who participate in the voluntary disclosure program of the IRS in Miami, Teig Lawrence, thinks America is tired of waiting,
June 10, 2013 -Uproar over covert Swiss-US bank deal
he settlement was not a negotiated agreement but a "unilateral offer" from Washington, and due to a confidentiality clause, no details of the deal could be divu
June 10, 2013 -Swiss lawmakers want info on U.S. undeclared-accounts deal
Switzerland is hoping to resolve a U.S. investigation of at least 14 financial firms that allegedly helped Americans evade taxes. No details on the potential fi
June 10, 2013 -Sweetheart Deferred Prosecution Deals for Swiss Banks in the Works
Henry did an analysis of all offshore banking and found as of year end 2010 about $21 trillion to $32 trillion offshore of private individual wealth
June 10, 2013 -Sweetheart Deferred Prosecution Deals for Swiss Banks in the Works
Henry did an analysis of all offshore banking and found as of year end 2010 about $21 trillion to $32 trillion offshore of private individual wealth
June 10, 2013 -The sheriff has spoken – and the Swiss must submit
the US has issued an ultimatum, giving Swiss banks 120 days to hand over the identities of presumed US tax evaders.
June 8, 2013 -Swiss lawyers blast secretive US bank deal
The deal "is deeply worrying from the rule of law point of view," Pierre-Dominique Schupp said late Friday in Lucerne after his appointment as head of the Swiss
June 8, 2013 -MPs submit U.S. tax deal questions
Reports suggest the Swiss People’s Party fielded the most questions, asking what would happen to banks already in American hot water, and what about the smalles
June 7, 2013 - Bern suspends debate on U.S. tax deal
The intention of Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf was to fast track the issue so that new laws would come into force by July 1.
June 7, 2013 - Swiss bank UBS under probe in France over dodgy accounts
French investigators have placed Swiss bank UBS under formal investigation on suspicion that it tried to persuade rich French clients to open undeclared account
June 7, 2013 - About Those Swiss Bank Accounts
The Swiss government has seen it necessary to warn that "if banks were not authorized to cooperate. . . the initiation of further criminal investigations or cha
June 6, 2013 - The Unintended Consequences of Cracking Down on Tax Dodgers Abroad
A regulation makes banks report foreign accounts to the IRS, but some are finding loopholes in the law aimed at closing loopholes.
June 6, 2013 - Sweetheart Deferred Prosecution Deals for Swiss Banks
Major Swiss banks were positioning themselves last week to survive a U.S. Justice Department criminal probe for sheltering wealthy American tax dodgers.
June 3, 2013 - Swiss must meet U.S. "diktat" over tax - Ackermann
"A sober assessment must conclude ... that there is indeed no alternative to accepting the U.S. offer," he said at an event sponsored by Thomson Reuters in Gene
June 3, 2013 -'Not Swiss National Bank's job to rescue insolvent banks:' chairman
"It is not the National Bank's job to save banks if they are insolvent. It has a duty to contribute to the system's stability," Thomas Jordan told the Schweiz a