Posts Tagged ‘Swiss bank accounts’

Tax Help For Offshore Tax Evasion: First 500 of 2,450 Names on “Swiss Cheese List” Revealed to IRS

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

I recently appeared on the Big Biz Show with Russ and Sully to talk about the new top 500 list that the Swiss Government released to the IRS. The first 500 people who made it on the “Swiss Cheese List” are now under IRS scrutiny for tax evasion charges–many facing IRS penalties up to $2.3 million or ten years in prison for FBAR violations ($2.1 million for failure to report
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IRS Hunt for Tax Cheats Accelerates as Swiss Banks Shut American Accounts

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Swiss banks are shutting the accounts of Americans as the Internal Revenue Service accelerates the hunt for tax dodgers. The country’s biggest banks, UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, have told Americans to move their money into specially created units registered in the U.S., or lose their accounts. Smaller private banks such as Geneva-based Mirabaud & Cie. are closing all accounts held by U.S. taxpayers.
After the American government’s legal
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Tax Evaders and Tax Cheats Beware! IRS Finally Pierces the Swiss Banking Veil

Monday, March 30th, 2009

In a blow to tax cheats, Switzerland’s largest bank agrees to divulge the names of those suspect of using offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes
By Michael Rozbruch
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In the world of tax cheats, the news doesn’t get much bigger.
UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed to provide to the U.S. government with the names of those it suspects of using its accounts to evade paying taxes in the United States. The
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