April 18, 2013 -Special Report: The battle for the Swiss soul
"It must not be that the big powers chip away at the legal order of the small ones," Ackermann said in a March speech to Zurich's business elite.
April 18, 2013 -Swiss Government Still in Talks to Solve U.S. Tax Dispute
“The government was yesterday informed about the status of the negotiations with the U.S. on a solution for dealing with the past,” Andre Simonazzi, a Swiss gov
April 17, 2013 - Authorities charge Swiss banker, attorney in tax probe
Stefan Buck and Edgar Paltzer were each charged with one count of conspiracy, an indictment filed in Manhattan federal court showed. It did not name the defenda
April 17, 2013 - Switzerland considering solution to U.S. tax dispute
The Swiss government is considering a possible solution to a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans ev
April 17, 2013 - French cabinet ministers foreced to disclare assets
He asked all 38 members of his government team to publish a detailed list of their estates, properties and assets.
April 16, 2013 - Arizona Businessmen and California Attorney Convicted for Hiding Millions
“Clients, as well as promoters, of international tax fraud are under the watchful scrutiny of the IRS.” said Richard Weber, Chief, IRS-Criminal Investigation. “
April 15, 2013 - China Rumoured To Be In FATCA Talks With US
Despite a declaration that China would have nothing to do with a controversial US law, FATCA, which will reveal the financial assets of American citizens abroad
April 15, 2013 - Finance Ministers Pledge Action on Tax Evasion
The finance ministers of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain have pushed the issue of bank secrecy to the top of the EU economic agenda as governments st
April 15, 2013 - Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Accounts Used for Back-to-Back Loans
A Los Angeles businesswoman charged with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service used accounts at two Israeli banks, Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd. (LUMI)
April 12, 2013 - Le Monde will withhold Offshore Leaks information from the French government
a journalist should under no circumstances confuse his/her role with that of a police officer or upholder of the law. In investigating the workings of offshore
April 12, 2013 - "Offshore Leaks" the Dimensions of International Tax Evasion
No one seems to know just how much money is stashed away in the world's many tax havens.
April 12, 2013 - IRS tells agents it can snoop on emails without warrant, internal documents show
The Internal Revenue Service believes it doesn’t need permission to root through emails, texts or other forms of electronic correspondence, according to recentl
April 11, 2013 - Luxembourg: Another Blow for Offshore Accounts
Luxembourg will disclose information about nonresident savers who live in EU countries and release the information to the home-country tax authorities,
April 11, 2013 - Taxpayers Who Lost Offshore Account Amnesty Promised Fair Treatment
The Department of Justice will consider “fairness” before deciding whether to prosecute taxpayers kicked out of the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal amnesty/
April 11, 2013 - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS TAX DIVISION’S ENFORCEMENT RESULTS
The Tax Division continues to play a leading role in investigations and prosecutions involving the use of foreign tax havens.