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UK in talks with tax havens in bid to raise £10bn

CHANCELLOR George Osborne is reportedly seeking to build on a deal with Liechtenstein agreed last year.

The UK is entering into talks with three tax havens, as part of moves officials hope could help raise £10bn over the next five years.

The Treasury is seeking to claw back billions of pounds in undeclared funds from British citizens.

Discussions are already taking place with Switzerland about imposing a tax on new deposits and Liechtenstein has agreed to help British officials.

The three new tax havens involved in the talks have not been identified.

The Financial Times reported that Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man had all denied being approached by the Treasury.

Switzerland, famous for its banking secrecy laws, is expected to introduce a tax on new deposits by British citizens.

A deal signed in August 2009 between HM Customs and Excise and Liechtenstein was aimed at targeting £3bn in offshore accounts belonging to 5,000 British taxpayers.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .