U.S. Millionaires Told Go Away as Tax Evasion Rule Looms
Go away, American millionaires.
By Sanat Vallikappen - May 8, 2012 11:46 PM ET
That’s what some of the world’s largest wealth-management firms are saying ahead of Washington’s implementation of the
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, known as Fatca, which seeks to prevent tax evasion by Americans with offshore accounts.
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), Deutsche Bank AG, Bank of
Singapore Ltd. and
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (DBS) all say they have turned away business.
Bank of Singapore, which managed $32 billion at the end of 2011, is the private banking arm of Southeast Asia’s second-largest lender, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Photographer: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg
“I don’t open U.S. accounts, period,” said Su Shan Tan, head of private banking at Singapore-based DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest lender, who described regulatory attitudes toward U.S. clients as “Draconian.”
U.S. Millionaires Told Go Away as Tax Evasion Rule Looms - Bloomberg