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Swiss Banking Secrecy Nearly a Thing of the Past

January 3, 2017

[Photo: Swiss Alps by Simon Koopman / Wikimedia Commons]

 

Switzerland's reputation as a secretive tax haven looks set to end following the introduction of rules over sharing bank account data.

 

The International Convention on the Automatic Exchange of Banking Information (AEOI) went into effect on 1/1/17, pulling Switzerland in to line with international standards on taxation. The convention states that financial information on Swiss bank accounts held by citizens of certain countries will in future be shared annually and on an automatic basis.

 

In the past, Switzerland would only provide banking information if requested by a limited number of countries and even then, full co-operation was not guaranteed.