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23 Jun 2013, 4:03 pm
A spokeswoman for the party said, about the rejection: It is now up to the government and the banks to find a pragmatic solution. [read post]
20 Feb 2010, 5:23 am
"A key prosecutor in the massive offshore tax-evasion investigation of Swiss banking giant UBS delivered a chilling message to a large gathering of international bankers in Miami Friday: The federal government is continuing a full-court press to nail banks, bankers, and other professionals who help wealthy Americans hide money offshore to evade income taxes. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 7:15 pm
However, Michael Ambuehl, chief negotiator on behalf of the Swiss government in the settlement stated that a similar arrangement with other banks would be 'questionable' since UBS is the only bank that admitted liability in illegally helping US depositors stash their cash with them. [read post]
4 Apr 2023, 8:16 am
” The Swiss government implemented several measures to assist with the takeover. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 9:05 pm
Calvin’s refuge: how Swiss banking confidentiality undermined state despotism [Matt Welch, who also discusses how the gruesome FATCA law is proving to be the first component of an multilateral effort by OECD governments to curtail account privacy] Dodd-Frank compliance costs and the rapid decline of community banks [Marshall Lux and Robert Greene/Kennedy School, Carrie Sheffield, Jeff Sovern with a scoffing view; WSJ] “The IRS seized $242 million… [read post]
14 Mar 2010, 6:54 am
"The government is set to acquire the Swiss bank account details of up to 6,600 wealthy Britons suspected of evading tax after data were stolen from HSBC by one of its workers.HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) expects to benefit from the exploits of Hervé Falciani, a French software engineer. [read post]
6 May 2010, 2:55 am
See UBS settlement: up to the Swiss parliament (Mar. 15, 2010); UBS Private Bank REcovery Hinges on Swiss Parliament Vote, Wall St. [read post]
18 Oct 2012, 11:01 am
The bank had been charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by helping nearly 20,000 American taxpayers hide money from the Internal Revenue Service in secretive Swiss bank accounts. [read post]
30 May 2013, 12:02 am
New York Times DealBook: Switzerland to Allow Its Banks to Disclose Hidden Client Accounts, by Lynnley Browning: The Swiss government said on Wednesday that it would allow its banks to disclose information on American clients with hidden accounts, a watershed move intended to help resolve a long-running dispute with the... [read post]
26 May 2009, 1:25 pm
The Swiss bank UBS, which received assistance from the Swiss government, will continue to pay market-level salaries after being criticized for raising compensation at its investment bank, its chief executive, Oswald Gruebel, told employees on Tuesday. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 5:06 pm
More news on the unfolding Swiss bank account saga: A federal judge has authorized the IRS to request information from UBS about U.S. taxpayers who may have bank accounts there to evade federal income taxes. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 12:15 am
Swiss bank accounts, once financial havens invisible to the prying eyes of the government, are no longer so. [read post]
10 Sep 2011, 2:07 pm
As reported in the Chicago Tribune, the U.S. is preparing legal and administrative actions against 10 Swiss bank to obtain account records on U.S. resident account holders. [read post]
5 Apr 2014, 1:30 am
Despite the DOJ's resistance to fully investigate Swiss banks and to extradite Swiss nationals pursuant to the U.S. and Switzerland treaty, there are signs that the Justice Department is putting pressure on Swiss banks to comply with the treaty. [read post]
6 May 2019, 5:28 am
The Swiss bank whistleblower who outed Americans’ secret USB bank accounts says he has information on more wrongdoing. [read post]
6 May 2019, 5:28 am
The Swiss bank whistleblower who outed Americans’ secret USB bank accounts says he has information on more wrongdoing. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 8:49 pm
"From DOJ:"The government filed a lawsuit today in Miami against Swiss bank UBS AG, the Justice Department announced. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 6:00 am
At its core, the Swiss Bank program allows Swiss Banks to pay fines, promise changes in the bank’s behavior, and pledge compliance and cooperation with FATCA and other offshore tax enforcement efforts in exchange for a deferred prosecution or non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. government. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 7:00 am
The IRS has been cracking down on Swiss banks for enabling tax evasion. [read post]
21 May 2008, 11:59 am
A French court has restored a Russian news agency's access to its bank account and ordered a Swiss company to pay 15,000 euros in compensation. [read post]
