Uswisi, kiboko yao ni Marekani tu. Pamoja na ujanja wao wa kutunga sheria za kuwalinda, Marekani imewashitaki na kuwatoza fine zaidi ya Dola Bilioni TATU mpaka sasa. Benki zao 14 zimeshitakiwa mpaka sasa.
Benki zao zinawaogopa serikali ya Marekani mpaka kuanza kukataa pesa za raia wao. Kama unataka kuficha, lazima uukane uraia wa Marekani. Kila mwaka raia zaidi ya 2000 wanafanya hivyo.
Soma zaidi kutoka Forbes.com na CNBC.com
Credit Suisse-not just a subsidiary but the parent-has plead guilty of conspiring to help Americans evade taxes. Plus, Switzerland's second-largest bank more than triples the $780 million fine UBS paid over similar charges.
Credit Suisse will pay nearly $1.8 billion to the Justice Department, $100 to the Federal Reserve, and a whopping $715 million to New York's Department of Financial Services.
Under the deal, Credit Suisse's parent must plead guilty to a conspiracy charge, admitting that it fostered U.S. tax evasion.
The deal was not offered to the 14 Swiss banks under U.S. investigation, but 106 Swiss institutions took the IRS deal by the Dec. 31, 2013.
Source: forbes.com
___According to the latest data from the Treasury Department, a record 3,415 Americans renounced their citizenship in 2014. That was up from the 2,999 in 2013 and more than triple the number for 2012.
Why are Americans giving up their citizenship?
While some may see taxes as the main reason to flee, that's only part of the story. The big policy change that's causing people to give up their American citizenship is FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
The act requires foreign banks to reveal any Americans with accounts over $50,000. Banks that don't comply could be frozen out of U.S. markets.
The program was designed to catch wealthy overseas tax cheats.
Source: CNBC.com