On August 26, 2010, the Swiss government said it had reviewed approximately 4,450 UBS client accounts and that half of the data had already been handed over to the United States.

The U.S. government expects to investigate thousands more cases of wealthy individuals dodging taxes through offshore bank accounts, in addition to the high profile and highly publicized case against UBS AG. It appears that in addition to probing the Swiss and Caribbean bank accounts, the U.S. may be looking at the Asian banks as well.

In 2008, the California State Board of Equalization initiated a program to increase prosecution of violations California Revenue and Tax Code section 6071 (engaging in a sales business without a valid California seller’s permit).  If you received BOE-420-R Letter, Notice to Appear, then the State Board of Equalization has determined tha t you are conducting sales [...]

On May 13, 2008, the Chief Counsel of the State Board of Equalization issued its legal opinion supporting the Board’s program to pursue criminal violations of Revenue and Tax Code Section 6071 (engaging in a sales business without a valid California seller’s permit) by using the Board Investigation Division employees rathar, than exclusively pursuing prosecution by referring violations [...]