“At least 10 Swiss banks have withdrawn from a U.S. programme aimed at settling a tax dispute between them and the United States, Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag said on Sunday, quoting unnamed sources. Around 100 Swiss banks came forward at the end of last year to work with U.S. authorities in a programme brokered by the Swiss government to help the banks make amends for aiding tax evasion. ‘At least 10 banks that had decided at the end of 2013 to pay a fine have withdrawn their decision,’ NZZ am Sonntag said, quoting unnamed lawyers and auditors. It did not name the banks concerned. The newspaper said the banks were convinced they had not systematically broken U.S. law.”
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