Given that the departments usually handling FATCA, CRS and GDPR are swamped with a variety of other year-end tasks, this post may not be...

The South Dakota Trust Association hosted its third annual Fall Forum on October 17 & October 18, 2019. We were fortunate to have Scott...

The South Dakota Trust Association is hosting its third annual Fall Forum on October 17 & October 18, 2019 at Sioux Falls Convention...

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

The Cayman Islands Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) announced Friday that its AEOI portal is offline to facilitate the...

Below is an article I wrote regarding tax issues that U.S. persons in the publishing industry may face. It was published in the Society...

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

The Cayman Islands AEOI Portal is currently online and open for notifications and reporting for all years. The deadline for both CRS and...

The Bahamas Competent Authority announced that its automatic exchange of information (AEOI) portal will open for FACTA and CRS-AEOI...

Your Foreign Financial Institution (FFI) has been sold or dissolved. You remember to cancel the FFI’s IRS FATCA portal registration. ...

Check your FATCA account in box and you will discover that the second Responsible Officer (RO) FATCA certification season is already upon...

As of January 1, 2019, ex-pats working in China who remain in-country for more than 183 days must report their global income to the...

If you sell, liquidate or otherwise terminate a Reporting Foreign Financial Institution (FFI) by December 31, 2018, now is the time to...

Today the IRS released proposed FATCA regulations which clarify the definition of “Investment Entity,” and eliminate withholding on...

Human Resources (HR) has the power to prevent honest employees from being investigated by the IRS. Helping employees and their children...

The IRS Large Business and International division (LB&I) recently announced five new compliance campaigns including a FATCA compliance...

At recent conferences IRS staff announced a change in certification requirements that has not yet been added to the IRS FATCA FAQs. ...

FATCA requires U.S. Financial Institutions (USFIs) to withhold 30 percent on U.S. Source Withholdable Payments made to Foreign Financial...

On September 11, 2018 Adrian Baron, Chief Business Officer at Loyal Bank Limited, Budapest pleaded guilty for failing to comply with...

To comply with FATCA regulations, each Sponsored Entity must enter into a written agreement with its Sponsoring Entity. The Sponsoring...