Swiss banking secrecy: negotiations underway with US, Japan
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland has begun negotiating new bilateral tax treaties with two key partners, the United States and Japan, Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz told...
View ArticleSwitzerland, US to renegotiate tax treaty
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland and Washington, DC, USA (GenevaLunch) – US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Monday said that Switzerland and the US would begin 28 April to renegotiate their 1996...
View ArticleSwitzerland must sign 12 tax treaties by end 2009
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The OECD has told Switzerland it must have 12 renegotiated bilateral tax treaties in place by the end of 2009 in order not to be on the organization’s...
View ArticleUK becomes 10th country to initial revised tax treaty with Switzerland
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The United Kingdom is the tenth country to initial a revised double taxation agreement with Switzerland, followed Bern’s decision 13 March to follow...
View ArticleSwiss government on UBS settlement: 4,500 names to the IRS within a year
GenevaLunch News Update 4 23:15, Update 3 16:40, Update 2 16:27, Update 1 16:12 Ed. note: UBS shares dipped slightly during the afternoon, but began to rise slowly on the Swiss stock market during...
View ArticleThe US DOJ versus Swiss banks, an undeclared war
GenevaLunch News US approach contrasts with German tax collection deal ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – There is not an official war open against Swiss banks, by the US Department of Justice, but continuing...
View ArticleTax deal naysayers lose their recount fight
GenevaLunch News Swiss approval of tax treaties with Austria, Germany and UK upheld BERN, SWITZERLAND – The people behind three popular initiatives to stop new Swiss tax treaties with three other...
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