BU Now » international tax counsel http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 UBS tax deal in trouble http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/01/27/ubs-tax-deal-in-trouble/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/01/27/ubs-tax-deal-in-trouble/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:47:22 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=4218 ubsThe Swiss government says it may have to renegotiate that deal with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to hand over names of thousands of tax cheats in return for ending legal proceedings against the Swiss banking giant UBS.  Law Professor Daniel Berman, a former U.S. Treasury deputy international tax counsel, says the Swiss government has no choice but to comply with the agreement.

“If doing so will require a change in the domestic laws of Switzerland, then Switzerland will have to modify its laws.”

Contact Daniel Berman, 617-353-3105, bermand@bu.edu

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