July 26th, 2009
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are targeting client visits by Swiss-based bankers from UBS in their efforts to identify U.S. citizens with accounts at the bank who may have evaded tax, a Swiss newspaper said on Sunday.
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July 20th, 2009
Wall Street Journal: The Internal Revenue Service has stepped up scrutiny of offshore accounts and foreign income, an enforcement campaign that could sweep up tens of thousands of taxpayers.
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July 20th, 2009
Washington Post Editorial: A compromise with the United States on disclosure would be in the public interest.
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July 20th, 2009
ZURICH (Dow Jones)--UBS AG's (UBS) high-profile spat with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has made some of Switzerland's other banks wary of looking after U.S.-based clients, prompting some to stop taking money from Americans altogether and menacing the country's image as a private banking center.
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