Offshore Accounts

Offshore Bank Accounts Revealed To IRS By 14,700 Taxpayers

AP | Curt Anderson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


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...

Taxman Hits YouTube With 'Blunt' Warning For Tax Dodgers

Times Online | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology


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....

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

Wall Street Journal | MARTIN VAUGHAN | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


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

Tax Deadline Nears For Americans With Offshore Bank Accounts

New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


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...

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

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2009 | Business


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...

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

Gary S. Wolfe | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business


Gary S. Wolfe

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