U.s. swiss tax deal

• GENEVA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Switzerland is discussing a tax deal with Italy and is still pressing ahead with difficult talks with the United States on banking secrecy, Swiss President and Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said on Thursday.
(Huffington Post)
• GENEVA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Switzerland is discussing a tax deal with Italy and is still pressing ahead with difficult talks with the United States on banking secrecy, Swiss President and Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said on Thursday.
(The Guardian)
• Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) Chief Executive Officer Brady Dougan "hopes" for an agreement by the Swiss and U.S. governments to end a dispute on taxation and bank secrecy, Tages-Anzeiger reported.
(Bloomberg)
• The IRS collects taxes and requires US citizens to declare their holdings both at home and abroad. Swiss banks have come under steady attack by US authorities, highlighted by a probe into banking giant UBS, which led to a deal between US and Swiss authorities.
(RTE Online)
• It was a watershed breach in Swiss bank secrecy, which protects client confidentiality under law and does not consider tax evasion a crime. If Wegelin could negotiate a deferred prosecution deal, it could resemble the one struck by U.
(Yahoo Finance)
• The legal action would be a step forward for a U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion by Americans through Swiss banks. The crackdown started If Wegelin could negotiate a deferred prosecution deal, it could resemble the one struck by U.S.
(Daily Mail)
• The bankers, Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei and Roger Keller, were accused of conspiring with US taxpayers and others in a massive tax fraud scheme into banking giant UBS which led to a deal between US and Swiss authorities.
(RTE Online)
• The bankers, Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei and Roger Keller, were accused of "conspiring with US taxpayers and others" in a massive tax fraud scheme into banking giant UBS which led to a deal between US and Swiss authorities.
(Independent Online)