Swiss minister questions tax evasion rule | Reuters .
Switzerland’s justice minister questioned on Sunday whether tax evasion should continue to be treated as a misdemeanour rather than a crime, in another blow to the country’s cherished banking secrecy.
Switzerland has already abandoned the distinction between tax evasion — failing to declare your income or wealth to the taxman — and tax fraud — deliberately misleading the revenue — for foreigners investing money in the country.
More signs of progress.
Yes I know it will need a referendum to get through – but without leaders willing to make the case for even putting the question to a vote that can’t happen.
So this is real progress.
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