May 3, 2011 - Advising Clients About the 2011 Offshore Amnesty Program
Advising clients about the 2011 OVDI and offshore enforcement update.
April 27, 2011 - U.S. Tax-Cheat Rule, Sweden’s Banks, Adviser Data: Complia
Toronto-Dominion Bank is opposing U.S. efforts that would require it to sift through a $430 billion deposit base to find U.S. citizens or residents who might be dodging tax bills back home.
April 26, 2011 - The newly enacted Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATC
the newly enacted Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which was signed into law March 2010, has been designed to restrict U.S. citizens and businesses from evading U.S. tax by holding income-producing assets through Foreign Financial Institutions (“FFIs”) or Non-Foreign Financial entities (“NFFEs”).
April 25, 2011 - Governments Press U.S. to Ease Overseas Tax-Cheat Law
Foreign governments, concerned it could cost their biggest banks hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with a U.S. law for catching tax cheats, are pressing the Treasury Department to apply the rules more narrowly.
April 21, 2011 - Proposed Regs on FATCA to Come, IRS and Treasury Officials
Proposed regulations that will enable stakeholders and their advisers to prepare for the January 1, 2013, effective date will be the next major step toward implementing the new reporting and withholding regime of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, IRS and Treasury officials said April 20.
April 20, 2011 - No FATCA exemption for Caymanians
Caymanians who hold US passports will be subject to having their bank accounts and investment information reported to American tax authorities by Cayman banks and investment entities when the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act takes effect in 2013.
April 11, 2011 - Foreign Financial Institution Information Reporting Requir
Supplemental Notice to Notice 2010-60 Providing Further Guidance and Requesting Comments on Certain Priority Issues Under Chapter 4 of Subtitle A of the Code
April 11, 2011 - U.S. FATCA Guidance Details Account Identification Procedu
The guidance, released as Notice 2011-34, addresses seven areas of concern for foreign financial institutions (FFIs), which will be the de facto administrators of the FATCA reporting regime.
April 7, 2011 - EU/US Dialogue on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
In a letter sent to the US tax authorities this morning, the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission invited the US authorities to engage in a dialogue on how to best achieve the objectives of the US Foreign Account Tax compliance Act (FATCA).
April 6, 2011 - EU to Lobby U.S. to Change New Tax Rules
Hungarian Finance Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy, who chairs the EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Council through June, and EU tax commissioner Algirdas Semeta on Tuesday sent a joint letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman about the negative effects that the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Facta) could have on the EU financial industry, according to a statement Wednesday from the European Commission and Hungary.
Apriil 6, 2011- Transatlantic tussle over US tax mounts
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A letter is understood to have been sent on Tuesday from senior European Union officials to Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, warning that the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) could have serious consequences for the EU’s financial services industry, both in terms of compliance costs and potential penalties.
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Republican calls for early tax holiday for foreign profits - Mar-21.Geithner open to corporate tax reform - Mar-17.Obama demands corporate tax reform - Feb-14.US eyes offshore accounts with tax amnesty - Feb-08.P&G chief seeks cut in corporate tax rate - Jan-20.Geithner starts talks on tax overhaul - Jan-14..Fatca will crack down on US citizens who try to evade US tax by holding income-producing assets with non-US financial institutions. It requires such institutions to provide names and account details of US clients with at least $50,000 of assets to the Internal Revenue Service.
Institutions will be subject to a 30 per cent US withholding tax unless they enter an agreement with the US and agree to report information on US accounts.
According to the European Banking Federation, the region’s financial services industry faces substantial compliance cost, with one large cross-border bank paying about €100m ($142m).
Tuesday’s letter, sent jointly by Algirdas Semeta, EU tax commissioner, and Hungary, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, is expected to suggest other ways of providing information – such as the automatic information exchange system used in the EU’s savings tax directive.
In a speech in Brussels last week, Mr Semeta said: “This initiative [Fatca] puts costly obligations on financial institutions. We have engaged in a dialogue with the US Treasury to seek more proportionate conditions for the EU financial industry, building on the synergies between Fatca and the EU savings directive.”
Fatca, enacted in 2010, follows outrage over the UBS tax evasion affair – in which Switzerland’s biggest bank was forced to hand over the names of thousands of Americans holding offshore accounts – and comes amid a US drive to close its mounting budget deficit.
April 5, 2011 - Taiwan financial firms prepare for new US tax rules
Financial institutions in Taiwan are facing increasing investment and operating costs in order to comply with the new Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) provisions adopted by the United States, set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2013.
April 4, 2011 - Don’t underestimate IRS’s new foreign tax rules .
Taxpayers who have not accurately reported and paid taxes on international business structures, foreign financial accounts, holdings and properties are at greater risk than ever of fines and prosecution. For U.S. taxpayers living or doing business abroad, Uncle Sam can be the shadowy figure of nightmares, lurking behind doors, ready to pounce, potentially subjecting them to criminal prosecution.
April 4, 2011 - Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Executive Summar
What is the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)? Deloitte Executive Summary
March 31, 2011 - Governments Press U.S. to Ease Overseas Tax-Cheat Law
Banks have been lobbying for an easing of the rules since the law was passed last year. Now diplomats are stepping into the campaign, with countries including Switzerland, the U.K. and Canada weighing in with the Treasury.
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