Friday, August 21, 2009
Swiss Bank To Name Clients
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?
Teri Prueher,
Systems Analyst
"They're just telling the IRS, not wives or kids, right?"
Lloyd Pickett,
Toll Booth Attendant
"Why would you open a Swiss bank account when you can just forget to do taxes every year?"
Paul Severance,
Hoisting Engineer
"Oh yeah? Well, how about I reveal some Swiss secrets then? For one, fondue is just melted cheese."
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