U.S. to Seek Client Names From UBS In Tax Case
From Wall St Journal 5/15/08 article
“U.S. prosecutors are expected to confront Swiss banking giant UBS AG with a broad subpoena for the names of wealthy American clients who may have used its services to avoid income taxes, according to lawyers and others involved in the case.
The subpoena would follow an indictment, unsealed Tuesday in Florida […]
The World’s Top Tax Havens
The World’s Top Tax Havens according to Forbes.com
Domestic Tax Havens
Looking to soften the tax bite? Consider what the denizens along billionaire’s row in Incline Village, Nevada, have known for years.Residents of this mansion-studded hamlet on the northeastern shore of Lake Tahoe are not subject to state income taxes because Nevada doesn’t have any, while their neighbors on the lake’s California side can face state […]
European tax scandal is widening
The list of countries involved in the European tax scandal is growing.
Austria is being asked by the EU commissioner to end banking secrecy (read article here) and ATO (the Australia Taxation Office) is investigating tax evasion and avoidance by Australian residents via legal structures in Liechtenstein (read article here).
Secrets Out
The tax haven scandal currently involving more than 1,000 Europeans, Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the BND, and billions of dollars in foregone tax revenue should be of more than passing interest to the governments of Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.
Just last week, Germany’s finance minister, invariably described as the no- nonsense Peer Steinbrueck, stated at […]
World’s Tax Havens Targeted In Cloak-and-briefcase Offensive
LONDON (Dow Jones) — It’s a cloak-and-briefcase offensive sure to become legend in the annals of tax enforcement.
Agents from Germany’s spy agency buy stolen information from a former insider at Liechtenstein’s biggest private bank. Prosecutors then swoop in on suspected German tax evaders. Tax collectors in Britain and other nations are poised to follow […]
Tax Haven Crackdown
Germany, Britain and America are all in hot pursuit of citizens hiding their money from the taxman, reports Dominic O’Connell.
SERIOUS, dark-suited and bespectacled, Prince Max of Liechtenstein looks more like a banker than the second-youngest son of one of Europe’s royal families. That’s because he is one. As well as being the younger brother of […]
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