Swiss Bank To Name Clients

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Swiss Bank To Name Clients

August 21, 2009 | ISSUE 45•35

After reaching an agreement with U.S. authorities, the Swiss bank UBS is providing the IRS with the names of 4,450 American clients. What do you think?

They're just telling the IRS, not wives or kids, right?

Teri Prueher
Systems Analyst
Why would you open a Swiss bank account when you can just forget to do taxes every year?"

Lloyd Pickett
Toll Booth Attendant
Oh yeah? Well, how about I reveal some Swiss secrets then? For one, fondue is just melted cheese."

Paul Severance
Hoisting Engineer

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