Swiss to pass information on HSBC accounts to USSwitzerland said it plans to give information to US tax authorities about accounts at HSBC Holdings' Swiss private bank, as part of a US investigation into tax evasion. HSBC's Swiss unit has already paid tens of millions o More… |
Swiss to pass information on HSBC accounts to USSwitzerland said it plans to give information to US tax authorities about accounts at HSBC Holdings' Swiss private bank, as part of a US investigation into tax evasion. HSBC's Swiss unit has already paid tens of millions o More… |
Switzerland opens 'Panama Papers' probeSwiss banks must clamp down on money laundering, the country's financial watchdog said on Thursday as the Geneva prosecutor opened a criminal probe after a massive document leak showed how offshore companies are used to stash clients' we More… |
Panama papers: World figures deny wrongdoingGovernments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money. More… |
Tax authorities probe names in Panama PapersTax authorities worldwide are probing clients of a Panama-based law firm at the centre of a massive data leak for possible tax evasion. The leak involves more than 11.5 million documents from the files of law firm Mossack Fonseca, More… |
OECD publishes plan to cut tax evasionThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has (OECD) unveiled new plans to tackle tax evasion by improving the way tax authorities share information about individuals and entities like trusts. Countries are increa More… |
German bribe case threatens Ecclestone's F1 reignBernie Ecclestone's eye for a deal has made him a fortune and turned Formula One motor racing into a global money-spinner, but bribery allegations threaten to end his long reign as the head of the business. Ecclestone, who is More… |
Swiss banks allowed to settle US tax casesSwitzerland aims to save its banks from heavier punishment in the US for helping wealthy tax cheats by sidestepping its own famed secrecy laws to let bankers disclose data to US prosecutors. & More… |
EU's 'big six' agree to fight tax havensThe European Union's six biggest countries have agreed to cooperate in the fight against tax havens, piling pressure on Austria to follow Luxembourg in ending bank secrecy. The finance minis More… |
European states keep Swiss bank secrecy under siegePressure mounted on Switzerland's already weakened bank secrecy on Wednesday as some European governments vowed to join Germany in the battle to hunt down tax cheats in the Alpine nation. Germany sent shivers through the large Swiss pr More… |