(Reuters) -
Credit Suisse said it has been asked to give account information to the Swiss
Federal Tax Administration after U.S. authorities requested Switzerland's help
in catching suspected tax dodgers.
Earlier on
Tuesday, Reuters reported Credit Suisse had begun notifying certain U.S.
clients suspected of offshore tax evasion it intended to give their names to
the SFTA following a request from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Credit
Suisse and the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF)
declined to say how many clients the request involved.
U.S. authorities,
which suspect tens of thousands of Americans of evading billions of dollars in
taxes through Swiss private banks in recent years, have been conducting a
widening criminal investigation into scores of Swiss banks, including Credit
Suisse.
Mario Tuor,
a spokesman for the SIF, confirmed the request from the U.S. authorities, and
said these requests specifically concerned tax fraud, which is covered by the
1996 double taxation treaty between Switzerland and the United States.
Switzerland
and the United States are currently working on a tax agreement that would also
cover tax evasion, but this has not yet been ratified.
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