Australian Tax Office seeking details of secret UBS bank accounts

THE tax office is using a landmark US case to crack open details of secret Swiss bank accounts held by wealthy Australians as it continues to target off-shore havens.

The Australian Tax Office has requested account-holder details from Zurich-based UBS, after the Swiss bank handed over about 4450 client names to US authorities in August to settle a tax case.

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