Monthly Archives: November 2015

OWE TAXES? NO PASSPORT! IRS MAY SCUTTLE TRAVEL PLANS OF THOSE WHO DON’T PAY UP

Congress has a sneaky habit of attaching tax bills to end-of-the-year highway funding legislation. HR22, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015,” has tucked into Title 52 a nasty little tax ditty that creates new Internal Revenue Code … Continue reading

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DOJ PRESS RELEASE: THREE MORE SWISS BANKS SIGN NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS – IMPLICATIONS FOR MISCREANTS NOT YET IN OVDP

The Department of Justice announced today that BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA (BNPP), KBL (Switzerland) Ltd. (KBL Switzerland) and Bank CIC have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Settlement Program. These banks will collectively pay penalties totaling more than $81 … Continue reading

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IF YOU DID THESE THINGS YOU BELONG IN THE OVDP

Laura Saunders in an October 23, 2015 Wall Street Journal article, enumerates some of the devices used by Swiss Banks to help clients evade their U.S. tax obligations. She lists the following exposed tactics of the banks: Using numbered or … Continue reading

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