Europe calls for tax black list

(FT.com): Switzerland should be placed on an international blacklist of tax havens, the German government said on Tuesday as it joined a dozen other countries to turn up the heat on territories that profit from tax evasion. “Switzerland offers conditions that invite the German taxpayer to evade taxes. Therefore, in my view, Switzerland belongs on such a list,” Peer Steinbrück, German finance minister said at a conference in Paris.Go to article.