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FATCA registration guidance updated to publicise time lag
February 26th, 2015
HMRC has updated its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) registration guidance to inform of the time lag between registration and reporting FATCA requires financial institutions (FIs) outside the US to pass information about their US customers to the ...
UAE To Conclude FATCA IGA This Month
February 17th, 2015
The Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held a press conference on February 15, 2015, to discuss the latest developments regarding the draft agreement on implementing the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA, which ...
Dion’s FATCA TRAC goes global
January 27th, 2015
After signing its 13th FATCA deal, Dion Global Solutions (Dion), can now boast total global coverage, with sales to international banks across 4 continents and supporting FATCA compliance in 80 jurisdictions. FATCA TRAC now serves clients across all the ...
Cyprus Banks Move to Comply With FATCA
January 15th, 2015
Cyprus’ banks are exerting all efforts to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) agreement signed between Cyprus and the USA, the Association of Cyprus Banks revealed yesterday. Cyprus and the US signed an agreement for the ...
IRS Sets Up FATCA Data Exchange Service
January 14th, 2015
FATCA Data Exchange Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun International Data Exchange Service (IDES) enrollment. The platform will enable the secure transmission of client data under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Foreign financial institutions (FFIs) ...
Vatican Bank Joins 100 Nations In FATCA Offshore Account Hunt
December 29th, 2014
In his annual Christmas messages to more than one billion Catholics, the Pope may have left out something: offshore account compliance. Maybe, but the U.S. Treasury is more than happy to fill in the blanks. Just before Christmas, the ...
Hong Kong, US Sign FATCA Agreement
November 14th, 2014
On November 13, Hong Kong and the United States signed an inter-governmental agreement (IGA), the substantive terms of which were agreed in May this year, and which will facilitate compliance with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) ...
FATCA Letters Promise Disclosure To IRS, What To Do?
November 12th, 2014
If you have a bank account anywhere outside the U.S., chances are you will receive a letter saying that your bank must hand over the details of any American accounts, including yours. The letters vary with the country and ...
HMRC launches new FATCA online service
October 16th, 2014
HMRC has launched a new online service for UK financial institutions to register and report financial information on behalf of their US clients. In 2010, the US passed the Foreign Asset Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), meaning foreign financial institutions ...
FATCA and the real cost of compliance
October 14th, 2014
Foreign account tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was introduced by the US government in the year 2010. The main focus of FATCA act is to reduce tax evasion by foreign finance institutions through offshore Accounts and shell companies. Apart from ...
