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US grassroots coalition calls for end to FATCA

27/03/2017(0)
A coalition of 23 US taxpayer protection and grassroots organisations is campaigning for the repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), labelling the regulations ‘unacceptable and un-American’ ... Read More
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FINRA warns for Binary Options Follow-Up Schemes

18/03/2017(0)
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued an Investor Alert warning anyone involved in binary options trading through unregistered non-U.S. companies to be on guard for a one-two ... Read More
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The IRS is Targeting Bitcoin Transaction Records of Coinbase Users

18/11/2016(0)
Transaction records of Coinbase users, specifically bitcoiners, have been targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a federal case filed in the U.S. District Court in the California Northern ... Read More
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Facebook faces $5bn tax charge over Ireland asset transfer

13/10/2016(0)
Social media giant Facebook could have to pay up to $5bn in additional taxes as a result of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation challenging the way in which ... Read More
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IRS takes Facebook to court

12/07/2016(0)
Feds are demanding corporate records of its offshore assets. Signaling a shift in enforcement tactics against big companies that make money from intellectual property, federal tax officials have sought ... Read More
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UBS investigated for tax fraud and money laundering in Belgium

29/02/2016(0)
Swiss bank giant UBS is being investigated over money laundering and serious organised tax fraud in Belgium. A statement from prosecutors said: “The Swiss bank is suspected of having ... Read More
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IRS Extends FATCA IGA Compliance Deadline

26/10/2015(0)
Within its Notice 2015-66, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided for a delay to the provision of information under Model 1 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) intergovernmental ... Read More
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IRS Probes Singapore Asset Manager for accepting transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts

20/07/2015(0)
First came Switzerland. Now the Internal Revenue Service has a new target: Singapore Criminal investigators at the IRS are probing whether a Singapore asset-management firm accepted transfers from undeclared ... Read More
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IRS Responding To Return Fraud Concerns

04/06/2015(0)
The US Internal Revenue Service has made improvements to its systems to detect and prevent identity theft-related tax return fraud, but must do a lot more to eliminate the ... Read More
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Breach at IRS Exposes Tax Returns

27/05/2015(0)
Thieves used agency’s online services to get information for about 100,000 households The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that identity thieves used one of its online services to obtain ... Read More
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