https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German tax authorities searched the homes of Credit Suisse bank clients across Germany after a bank worker tipped them off about a tax fiddle used by thousands of people, a financial newspaper reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120711/43683 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:49:00 +0200 43683 Three tax inspectors who bought a stolen CD in their chase for German tax evaders have been told they must stay out of Switzerland or face arrest, after a cross-border tax spat turned nasty. https://www.thelocal.de/20120401/41695 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:45:00 +0200 41695 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved a double-taxation deal with Switzerland on Wednesday, aiming to end a long-standing dispute over tax and banking secrecy. https://www.thelocal.de/20110921/37731 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:21:00 +0200 37731 Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse said on Monday that it has reached a deal with German authorities to end a tax evasion probe, and that it would pay €150 million ($205 million) to settle the case. https://www.thelocal.de/20110919/37673 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:22:00 +0200 37673 German prosecutors on Wednesday raided 13 branches of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse in connection with an investigation into widespread tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.de/20100714/28495 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:24:00 +0200 28495 German prosecutors said Friday they were investigating around 1,100 customers and staff of Swiss bank Credit Suisse's local operations on suspicion of hiding money from German tax authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20100319/25995 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:05:00 +0100 25995