Monday 8 July 2013

Tax avoidance: UK effort to collect from assets hidden in Switzerland fails

The Guardian: The Treasury's attempt to tax wealthy individuals who hide their assets in Switzerland was declared an embarrassing failure by experts on Friday after the Swiss authorities said it would generate only a small fraction of the expected £3.2bn haul.

Full story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/05/tax-avoidance-uk-effort-switzerland-fails?