Foreigners in Switzerland: EU, Efta citizens up nearly 7% in 2008rnation
GenevaLunch News Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s resident foreign population continued to grow in 2008, but the makeup of it shifted, a reflection of stronger ties with the...
View ArticleUBS reported to speed up liquidation or transfer of undeclared US accounts
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss bank UBS will close or transfer Wednesday 1 July, a month early, all US resident bank accounts that are not declared to US tax authorities, an...
View ArticleSwiss-US tensions: welcome to banking hell
GenevaLunch News Update 25 July 07:20 Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Two well-known Swiss cooperative banks, Migros and Bank Raiffeisen, have made changes in recent weeks to their policies concerning...
View Article10 Tamil Tigers arrested after nationwide sweep
GenevaLunch News Huge money-laundering “pyramid” operation uncovered Police seek local Tamils who were victims to give evidence Bern and Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Ten members of LTTE, the Sri...
View ArticleCrime down in Switzerland in 2010, but picture mixed
GenevaLunch News Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The overall crime rate fell by 1 percent in Switzerland in 2010, but the picture was mixed, figures released by the federal government Monday 21...
View ArticleSwiss ministry confirms holding “informal” tax, bank accounts talks with US
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – A Swiss spokesman for the new State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF), Mario Tuor, has confirmed that Switzerland and the US have been holding...
View ArticleGeneva one of smallest, most dynamic – and expensive – corners in Switzerland
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva comes out looking pretty but at a price, in the latest “location quality” comparison drawn up by bank Credit Suisse for Swiss cantons. The report issued 22...
View ArticleUK, Swiss sign tax agreement: “long-term impact on capital income”
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland and the UK initialled, as expected, a tax agreement Wednesday 24 August, under which the Swiss will collect a withholding tax in future, and transfer...
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