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Judge Rules Billionaire Can't Blame Bank For His Own Tax Evasion

Reuters | Posted 04.11.2012

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* Judge dismisses case a month before trial * Former client tried to blame Swiss bank By Lynnley Browning ...

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Spotlight On: Mitt!

Susie Sampson | Posted 04.01.2012

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Susie Sampson

Last week I put a spotlight on Newt... this week it's Mitt's turn! Things certainly seem tight in this race and Americans are still torn: Do they want a president with cult membership and offshore accounts or do they want to go to the Moon?!

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Tax Evasion Crackdown Could Mean Big Losses For Swiss Banks

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

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GENEVA -- A study by consultancy firm Booz & Co. claims Swiss banks stand to lose 1.1 billion Swiss francs ($1.2 billion) in annual revenue because of...

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The Top 10 Tax Havens

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.04.2011

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Governments from 20 of the wealthiest nations in the world vowed in 2009 to tighten regulations that allowed for rampant tax evasion in nations and te...

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Offshore Bank Accounts Revealed To IRS By 14,700 Taxpayers

AP | Curt Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI (AP)-- More than 14,700 U.S. taxpayers came forward to disclose billions in offshore bank accounts in 70 countries under a voluntary Internal Re...

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Tax Deadline Nears For Americans With Offshore Bank Accounts

New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thursday is the deadline for Americans to come clean about the money they have hidden offshore, in places like Swiss bank accounts. No one can say wit...

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Taxman Uses YouTube With Warning To Tax Dodgers

Times Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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The taxman is making his first appearance on YouTube today in an attempt to increase pressure on savers who have not declared their offshore accounts....

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Global High Wealth Industry Group Created: New IRS Brings Unit Will Target The Very Wealthy

Wall Street Journal | MARTIN VAUGHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A new Internal Revenue Service enforcement unit targeting the very wealthy will help the tax agency decode partnerships, offshore trusts...

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Credit Suisse Starts Shutting 2,500-5,000 U.S. Offshore Accounts

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Swiss bank Credit Suisse has started closing down the offshore accounts of U.S. clients who have not declared the money to the U.S. authorities, a new...

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U.S. Taxpayers and The I.R.S. Qualified Intermediary Program

Gary S. Wolfe | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Prosecutors allege UBS deliberately abused the Qualified Intermediary Program ("QI Program"), selling offshore banking services to U.S. Taxpayers to evade taxes.

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