Archive for March, 2009

Failed Whistleblower Suit for Additional Reward

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Another Tax Whistleblower had his hopes dashed by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, when it was decided by the Courts to dismiss the tax informant's complaint to obtain an additional reward from the IRS, above amounts she already received, for providing ...

Ongoing UBS Saga

Friday, March 6th, 2009

The U.S. has filed suit against UBS, the Swiss bank caught in a deplorable scandal involving secret bank accounts for U.S. citizens attempting to evade U.S. tax.  The U.S. is trying to force disclosure of clients' names of as many as 52,000 Americans who have hidden their non-taxed earnings in secret Swiss accounts in ...