News & Events

On February 24, 2010, the Swiss government announced that it will seek parliamentary approval to effectively overturn a Swiss Court’s efforts to block the release of information identifying U.S. accountholders at UBS AG (“UBS”) to U.S. authorities.  In the meantime, pending parliamentary approval, Swiss tax authorities are continuing to process U.S. requests for information on U.S. clients of UBS.

Another twist in the ongoing drama between the U.S. and Swiss government over the Swiss id's of U.S. account holders at mega-bank UBS.

On January 22, 2010, a Swiss Administrative Court ruled, that the failure by US citizens to complete certain tax forms (like W9's) or to declare income does not constitute "tax fraud".

President Obama signed a law on January 23, 2010 which allows taxpayers to claim a charitable deduction on their 2009 income tax returns for donations made to Haiti relief efforts in 2010.

Location: San Antonio, Texas
Dates: January 21st to January 23rd, 2010