Mais três países investigam o banco suíço UBS por fraudes tributárias. Canadá, Austrália e Inglaterra Investigam negócios offshore do gigante suíço, que há pouco foi severamente punido por ajudar clientes americanos a praticar evasão de impostos.
- Autoridades na Inglaterra, Canadá e Austrália investigam os negócios offshore do banco, na onda de revelações que ajudaram clientes americanos a sonegar impostos.
Three More Countries Probing UBS Tax Fraud
Britain, Canada, Australia Investigate Swiss Bank's Offshore Business; UBS Helped U.S. Customers Evade Taxes
Authorities in Britain, Canada and Australia are investigating the bank's offshore business in the wake of revelations that it helped U.S. customers evade their taxes.
UBS AG of Switzerland said Monday that authorities in Britain, Canada and Australia are investigating the bank's offshore business in the wake of revelations that it helped U.S. customers evade their taxes for years.
The Zurich-based bank said its branches in those countries are among a number of Swiss and non-Swiss banks that have been asked to provide information on their cross-border wealth management services to tax authorities. UBS said it was cooperating with those requests while adhering to Switzerland's strict banking secrecy rules. "It is premature to speculate on the outcome of any such inquiries," the bank said in its 2009 annual report. The company reported its fourth quarter earnings separately last month. UBS last week urged Swiss lawmakers to approve a treaty between the United States and Switzerland aimed at ending its long-running dispute with U.S. tax authorities. Many lawmakers have expressed reluctance to sign off on the deal, which would see UBS divulge the names of 4,450 American customers suspected of large-scale tax crimes. In a separate deal, UBS paid a $780 million penalty as part of a deferred prosecution agreement that included disclosure of an additional 150 names.
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