Thursday, July 23, 2009

For-profit operations require not-for-profit hospital system to pay taxes

A state judge has ruled a healthcare provider system in Minnesota has to pay personal property taxes on office equipment in its corporate headquarters because it runs for-profit operations as well as not-for-profit hospitals, Modern Healthcare reports.

Details about the case involving ProHealth Care are found at Modern Healthcare. (Registration required.)


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

UBS fight with IRS convinces Swiss banks to drop U.S. clients

More ripples from the UBS-IRS standoff: Some Swiss banks reportedly aren't accepting or are cutting off U.S. clients out of concern the Internal Revenue Service might get into a similar fight with them over client account information as it has with UBS AG.

DowJones Newswires says it's "a sign that UBS AG's high-profile spat with the Internal Revenue Service is chipping away at Switzerland's private banking industry."

The IRS is after information about the UBS accounts of 52,000 U.S. citizens in a major tax-evasion probe, challenging not just UBS but Swiss bank-secrecy laws.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

UBS fight with IRS convinces Swiss banks to drop U.S. clients

More ripples from the UBS-IRS standoff: Some Swiss banks reportedly aren't accepting or are cutting off U.S. clients out of concern the Internal Revenue Service might get into a similar fight with them over client account information as it has with UBS AG.

More ripples from the UBS-IRS standoff: Some Swiss banks reportedly aren't accepting or are cutting off U.S. clients out of concern the Internal Revenue Service might get into a similar fight with them over client account information as it has with UBS AG.

DowJones Newswires says it's "a sign that UBS AG's high-profile spat with the Internal Revenue Service is chipping away at Switzerland's private banking industry."

The IRS is after information about the UBS accounts of 52,000 U.S. citizens in a major tax-evasion probe, challenging not just UBS but Swiss bank-secrecy laws.