Credit Suisse hid $700m in tax evasion by US clients

An influential US Senate committee has accused Credit Suisse of helping a client with over $100m (£82m) invested in offshore accounts to avoid paying US tax

The Senate Finance committee has found new evidence that the Swiss bank is failing to follow the rules with dozens of account holders breaking US tax rules, despite a multimillion pound fine for facilitating tax evasion in 2014.

Based on the committee’s findings, the total amount concealed in violation of Credit Suisse’s 2014 plea agreement is more than $700m.

This follows a two-year investigation into Credit Suisse’s compliance with a 2014 plea agreement over tax evasion by thousands of the bank’s US customers.

Now owned by UBS following a rescue deal, Credit Suisse has admitted that it has identified 23 bank accounts held by wealthy Americans with deposits in excess of $20m, held offshore in overseas accounts which have not been disclosed to US tax authorities. It is still investigating further accounts with a risk more could be identified.

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