Swiss fight U.S. over UBS data

Dick Taffe — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:56:11 +0000

In an ongoing fight over secret offshore accounts, the Swiss government vows to do what it must to keep the U.S. authorities from getting the names of 52,000 American clients of the Swiss bank UBS. School of Law Professor Daniel Berman, director of the Graduate Tax Program and former Treasury Department official, can discuss the situation.

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

U.S. and Switzerland talk tax treaty

Dick Taffe — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:01:52 +0000

Law Professor Daniel Berman, director of the graduate tax program and an expert in international taxation law, was part of the Treasury Department negotiating team the last time the U.S. and Switzerland crafted a tax treaty in the mid-1990s.

With the two countries now in talks for an updated treaty amid pressure to crack down on “tax haven” nations, Berman says the U.S. political environment has changed so dramatically that negotiators will demand much more from Switzerland.

As he said in an interview with World Radio Switzerland, “It’s no longer possible or it’s no longer acceptable for some countries not to exchange tax information along the standards as everyone else.”

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

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Swiss fight U.S. over UBS data

U.S. and Switzerland talk tax treaty