BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said he would buy a list of alleged tax evasion that was mentioned has been hiding money in Switzerland, if that's true.
Some 1,500 German citizens are alleged to have hid the money of millions of dollars in secret bank accounts abroad to avoid taxes.
The Financial Times Deutschland reported that the data offered by an information technology specialist who has worked at HSBC Geneva. Mentioned that he asked for 3.5 million dollar reward to the list of names.
Such data could allow the German government to obtain redress in a much larger amount of unpaid taxes.
However, the Swiss finance ministry said it had refused to give any German assistance in relation to the document, saying that it was based on stolen information.
In the Davos economic forum, Swiss Finance Minister Doris Leuthard said that a general principle, evidence obtained by illegal means is not acceptable.
By violating this principle, Leuthard said that Germany would encourage the theft of data in a professional manner. Swiss Defence Minister Ueli Maurer said that confidence Switzerland against Germany will falter if the state is buying the stolen data.
"Everything must be done to get this data," said Merkel at a press conference in Berlin, during the relevant information.
Two years ago, the German pay seven million dollars for a similar list of German citizens who had money in Liechtenstein, a country known as a tax haven. At that time, the list of Liechtenstein bank clients from the two given to the German, U.S., and other tax authorities, by a former employee of the bank.
A number of wealthy Germans were raided by the police when they were exposed tax evasion action, and some parties in Liechtenstein protested angrily over damage to the sector's most profitable, operate secret bank accounts.
At that time, German intelligence agencies have been supporting the government to buy the stolen bank account data.
The information was revealed some top names of tax evasion, including Klaus Zumwinkel, former head of Deutsche Post. He was given a reprieve in jail for hiding one million pounds. German politicians split on whether to buy the new list.
Some members of Merkel's coalition argued that any right to deal with stolen goods. Others said it would be a scandal if not eliminate the tax evasion.
The decision to buy the list will depend on how much can be expected the government to recoup the tax payment. Finance ministry also said that they need to clarify the legality of buying and using stolen data. Two German newspapers reported on Saturday that the data five tax fraud has been given to the government as free samples to verify the information.
The newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that the data has been offered to tax collectors in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The official tax collectors say that it is up to the state government, which collects taxes in Germany, not the federal government to decide whether to buy the data.
New York Times reported on 18 January that the data offered to the German government by a former executive at Swiss bank. It is not clear whether he is the source of the data.
Germany, U.S., and many other countries require taxpayers to declare their income throughout the world each year, but in the past conceal income in foreign banks not a difficult thing.
Some 1,500 German citizens are alleged to have hid the money of millions of dollars in secret bank accounts abroad to avoid taxes.
The Financial Times Deutschland reported that the data offered by an information technology specialist who has worked at HSBC Geneva. Mentioned that he asked for 3.5 million dollar reward to the list of names.
Such data could allow the German government to obtain redress in a much larger amount of unpaid taxes.
However, the Swiss finance ministry said it had refused to give any German assistance in relation to the document, saying that it was based on stolen information.
In the Davos economic forum, Swiss Finance Minister Doris Leuthard said that a general principle, evidence obtained by illegal means is not acceptable.
By violating this principle, Leuthard said that Germany would encourage the theft of data in a professional manner. Swiss Defence Minister Ueli Maurer said that confidence Switzerland against Germany will falter if the state is buying the stolen data.
"Everything must be done to get this data," said Merkel at a press conference in Berlin, during the relevant information.
Two years ago, the German pay seven million dollars for a similar list of German citizens who had money in Liechtenstein, a country known as a tax haven. At that time, the list of Liechtenstein bank clients from the two given to the German, U.S., and other tax authorities, by a former employee of the bank.
A number of wealthy Germans were raided by the police when they were exposed tax evasion action, and some parties in Liechtenstein protested angrily over damage to the sector's most profitable, operate secret bank accounts.
At that time, German intelligence agencies have been supporting the government to buy the stolen bank account data.
The information was revealed some top names of tax evasion, including Klaus Zumwinkel, former head of Deutsche Post. He was given a reprieve in jail for hiding one million pounds. German politicians split on whether to buy the new list.
Some members of Merkel's coalition argued that any right to deal with stolen goods. Others said it would be a scandal if not eliminate the tax evasion.
The decision to buy the list will depend on how much can be expected the government to recoup the tax payment. Finance ministry also said that they need to clarify the legality of buying and using stolen data. Two German newspapers reported on Saturday that the data five tax fraud has been given to the government as free samples to verify the information.
The newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that the data has been offered to tax collectors in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The official tax collectors say that it is up to the state government, which collects taxes in Germany, not the federal government to decide whether to buy the data.
New York Times reported on 18 January that the data offered to the German government by a former executive at Swiss bank. It is not clear whether he is the source of the data.
Germany, U.S., and many other countries require taxpayers to declare their income throughout the world each year, but in the past conceal income in foreign banks not a difficult thing.
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