But would Swiss authorities really give out information about something which isn't a criminal offense in CH, which I believe tax evasion isn't?
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| The UK taxman has a notoriously long arm. If you are UK domiciled your estate is subject to UK IHT on world wide assets. The fact that they are abroad doesn't mean it's beyond the UK's jurisdiction or the taxman's ability to pursue the tax. I haven't looked but my guess is the UK/Switzerland double tax treaty makes provision for the exchange of information in the event of tax evasion and for cooperation in enforcing the tax liability. What percentage of cases which fail to get reported actually get pursued I have no idea. But presumably you filed a return with the Revenue when you left the UK to avoid UK income tax liability so you are on file as being expat. | |
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