The South Dakota Trust Association hosted its third annual Fall Forum on October 17 & October 18, 2019.  We were fortunate to have Scott Kelly, Deputy Director of Trusts, South Dakota Division of Banking and Jonathan Sanborn, Esq., Financial Institution Examiner, South...

The South Dakota Trust Association is hosting its third annual Fall Forum on October 17 & October 18, 2019 at Sioux Falls Convention Center.  The Fall Forum will include a variety of speakers on both the local and national level addressing a wide range of topics relati...

As promised in July, Singapore provided details regarding changes to FATCA reporting requirements.  The changes take effect as of April 1, 2020.

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Despite being a Model 1 IGA jurisdiction, Singapore has required Reporting Singapore Financial Institutions (SGF...

Your exhibition booth has arrived safely to the trust and estate conference in Europe.  You have a stack of business cards packed in your bag.  You have a private cocktail party planned for potential clients.  Missing anything?  Yes, your GDPR strategy.

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The British Virgin Islands (BVI) tax authority issued a notice on Friday, June 21, 2019 alerting filers that the deadline for both FATCA and CRS is July 31, 2019.

The extended deadline is applicable to all reporting Virgin Islands Financial Institutions, and is als...

The Cayman Islands AEOI Portal is currently online and open for notifications and reporting for all years.  The deadline for both CRS and FATCA is July 31, 2019.  The new Industry Advisory provides a number of updates regarding the portal user guide, error and status n...

The Bahamas Competent Authority announced that its automatic exchange of information (AEOI) portal will open for FACTA and CRS-AEOI registration and submission on Monday July 15, 2019 at 9AM EDT.  (This is the same time zone as New York and 2PM in London).

The Bahamas A...