American taxpayers are using the amnesty in connection with tax evasion, called the Revenue Division (IRS) United States about 10 banks in Switzerland and other European countries, where such persons have been opened accounts, writes the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.

Those banks include Credit Suisse Group AG, Julius Baer Holding AG, Zuercher Kantonalbank and Union Bancaire Privee.

IRS emphasizes that while there was no question that these banks revealed any violations. American citizens are kept in their money, just put the tax authorities will be notified of such accounts.

However, once it was determined that the Swiss bank UBS helped the American taxpayers to shelter funds in offshore accounts, IRS, likely to show attention to all of these financial and credit institutions.

amnesty program in the case of UBS for U.S. citizens will be in effect until September 23. At that time, taxpayers could come to confession and pay taxes, hoping to avoid fines and criminal prosecution for tax evasion. In doing so, all participants must indicate all the accounts or assets that they control, or beneficial owners of which they are.

Thus, the IRS has access to the wealth of information on the accounts of American taxpayers: banks, the date of opening and closing of accounts, amounts, contact person, notes WSJ.

parallel, the tax authorities and the U.S. Department of Justice received information about clients UBS: back in February, the bank provided information on 250 American clients. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice announced that, with respect to 150 of them under criminal investigation.

Tax Attorney Withers LLP, Geneva, Milan Patel noted that a number of Swiss banks and tax advisers recommend that their clients volunteered to participate in the disclosure of information on bank accounts. According to M. Patel, these banks at all costs try to avoid association with tax evasion.

However, further disclosure could affect the treatment of Swiss banking secrecy, the expert added.

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