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Grand jury indicts Swiss lawyer and banker in tax evasion scheme

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 26 2013

A New York federal grand jury recently indicted a Swiss lawyer and bank executive for their roles in allegedly assisting US citizens with hiding

Gimme (tax) shelter

  • Day Pitney LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 4 2013

In a split opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Coplan overturned the convictions of two defendants in the Ernst

Laws and orders brought into force in 2012

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
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  • November 9 2012

The Banking Business (Depositors Compensation) (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) (Jersey) Regulations 2012 came into force, with the exception of Regulation 23, on 2 October 2012

Laws and orders brought into force in 2012

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
  • -
  • September 7 2012

The Banking Business (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Order 2011 came into force on 25 January 2012. The Order amends the Banking Business (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 in relation to deposit taking

What does the flap over Romney’s tax returns suggest about disclosure of his Swiss account?

  • Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
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  • USA
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  • August 8 2012

As the “will he or won’t he” controversy continues to swirl around demands that Mitt Romney release multiple years of his federal income tax returns, some commentators have speculated that Governor Romney’s reluctance to produce those returns relates to his Swiss bank account

New Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program: a carrot without a stick?

  • Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
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  • USA
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  • July 13 2012

Since 2008, the Internal Revenue Service has used both the stick (the threat of criminal prosecution) and the carrot (a series of voluntary disclosure initiatives) to bring taxpayers into compliance with their obligations to report offshore accounts and assets

Switzerland responds to Wegelin indictment and DOJ’s relentless pursuit of offshore bank account information

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • March 19 2012

On February 2, 2012, Wegelin & Co., Switzerland’s oldest private bank, became the first overseas bank to be indicted by the United States for aiding tax fraudbut it may not be the last

Establishing and operating a Cayman Investment Fund

  • Ogier
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  • Cayman Islands
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  • February 8 2012

Generally, the documents involved in the establishment of an investment fund in the Cayman Islands include the offering Memorandum (including any supplements thereto - for example, if the investment fund is a multiportfolio fund

Out of sight isn’t out of (the IRS’s) mind: the expanding universe of foreign disclosure requirements

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
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  • July 27 2011

Taxpayers who fail to comply with U.S. income tax and foreign asset reporting requirements face draconian civil and criminal penalties, and enforcement of these requirements remains a priority for the IRS

August 31 amnesty deadline for Indian bank accounts: DOJ and IRS pair up to target Indian off-shore bank accounts at HSBC

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 8 2011

Anyone with an off-shore bank or brokerage account in India who has not yet reported the account on his or her tax return has until August 31, 2011 to take advantage of a U.S. government-sponsored amnesty program to remedy that situation

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