Government Cracks Down On Offshore Tax Havens

Tax Evaders Beware!
In this Aug. 3, 2012 photo, tourists walk along the beach of Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman Island. The Cayman Islands have lost some of their allure by abruptly proposing what amounts to an income tax on expatriate workers who have helped build the territory into one of the most famous or, for some people, notorious offshore banking centers that have tax advantages for foreign investment operations. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
In this Aug. 3, 2012 photo, tourists walk along the beach of Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman Island. The Cayman Islands have lost some of their allure by abruptly proposing what amounts to an income tax on expatriate workers who have helped build the territory into one of the most famous or, for some people, notorious offshore banking centers that have tax advantages for foreign investment operations. (AP Photo/David McFadden)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has acknowledged that he had money in a Swiss bank account until 2010. Romney says he wasn't trying to hide the money, since he reported the account to the government.

Even so, he closed the account at a time when the federal government was in the middle of a major crackdown on offshore tax havens -- a crackdown that has made it harder for Americans to hide their money overseas.

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