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Switzerland rejects inclusion in OECD tax havens list
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Swiss Tax Scam
Switzerland joly tiems are gone. Swiss better start working for their money like the rest of us and live from all the black money of the rich.
Swiss Tax Scam
Switzerland joly tiems are gone. Swiss better start working for their money like the rest of us and live from all the black money of the rich.
Where is this tax haven country ?
Not such a thing, no one at G20 as yet published a list of such countries ?or banned financial operations with such countries ?neither published a list of their own national banks operating in these so called countries ?
Switzerland is perfectly correct in their assessement it is for the individual or companies to file taxation wherever they are due if any ? and not for the countries holding the privacy of an account to become a mediator or point of reference to any other government. Aint' we getting tired of so many people trying to rule the world ? get our own economies, markets , finances in good shape is certainly the priorirty .... not the US mortgage and the bankers pension plan ect....what a diversion.
Switzerland is NOT a tax heaven!
Switzerland is NOT a tax heaven. Corporations, as well as individuals, are taxed according to transparent laws. The Swiss 'bank secrecy' laws do not allow Swiss banks (or foreign banks operating in Switzerland) to accept known illegal money - there are severe punishments for such kind of actions. However, the secrecy laws protect bank customers from the eyes of governments. Only if there is a reasonable doubt on the legality of funds, can a judge order a bank to disclose personal/private data. We, in Switzerland, do not want the government to know all and everything about us. In Switzerland, the people control the government, not the government the people. Last but not least, what about 'tax heavens' such as Delaware in the USA? The Channel Islands (UK)? The Cayman Islands? Barbados? Guatemala? Hongkong? Me thinks - and with me the majority of fellow Swiss - that the G20 is nothing but looking for a scapegoat to hide the fact they are responsible for the current global crisis