- 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)
Thursday, January 12, 2012
U.s. swiss tax deal
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