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US tax amnesty deadline on offshore accounts prompts rush
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans with offshore bank accounts were scrambling ahead of an amnesty deadline Wednesday to square up back taxes and avoid a likely wave of prosecutions following a disclosure agreement with Swiss bank UBS.
Nations:U.S. Switzerland Activities:Holocaust Source:(AFP)
2009-09-20
IRS dumps private debt collectors, shifts pendulum
WASHINGTON - So much for privatizing the federal government.
Nations:U.S. People:Charles Grassley Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin.
2009-03-07
UBS official to face Senate questioning
WASHINGTON - An official of UBS AG on Wednesday will face questions from a Senate panel for the first time since Switzerland's biggest bank formally acknowledged responsibility for helping tens of thousands of American clients hide assets from the U.S. government.
Nations:Switzerland U.S. People:Timothy Geithner Carl Levin Source:(AP)
2009-03-04
U.S. asks court to press UBS for more records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government sued UBS AG on Thursday, seeking disclosure to the Internal Revenue Service of thousands of the Swiss bank's U.S. customers with secret accounts, the Justice Department said.
Source:(Reuters)
2009-02-20
Estate Planning in a Down Market
When times are tough, people tend to hold on to what they have that much more tightly. But for those who can get beyond that psychological response, there's a silver lining in today's combination of depressed asset values and low interest rates: Transferring assets to the next generation has rarely been less costly.
Nations:U.S. Source:(BusinessWeek)
2009-01-04
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