The FT notes: Switzerland upped the ante in a global regulatory assault on the banking industry on Thursday as its central bank warned that Zurich
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It has been reported that: Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz says there is no rush to negotiate a double taxation agreement with Germany in the wake
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Jesses Drucker is a good tax journalist, and I’ve had the privilege of working with him. In a new Wall Street  Journal article he notes
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Somehow you’d think a company with such a name would be well advised. I’m not sure why — it just has that sort of claim
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The FT reports: UBS defended itself on Thursday against attempts by the US Internal Revenue Service to extract names of thousands of American customers holding
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The FT says: Swiss and US officials will meet in Bern on Tuesday for their first talks on a new tax treaty after Switzerland asked
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Tax Justice Network: Swiss banker to EU: we knew we were tricking you. Swiss banker quoted in German newspaper Sonntag: We said that the witholding
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Swiss government stands up to OECD over tax and outlines its policy. – swissinfo. The Swiss are being beligerent: “Switzerland will no longer accept lists
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The FT reports: Switzerland’s private banks have started to ban their top executives from travelling abroad, even to neighbouring France and Germany, because of fears
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