German-Swiss tax dispute: No BATNA, no deal!
Author: Philipp Bircher Berlin-Berne, we have a problem! Well, not just one, we certainly know that. But there’s one controversial subject that outshines all the others at the moment: the dispute over non-taxed funds of German citizens in Swiss banks. In a nutshell: The German government accuses Swiss banks to be a shelter for German tax offenders. This is mainly due to the perception of Switzerland as a “tax haven” which is based on the country’s legislation allowing banks to …