The Bahamas announced that its AEOI Portal is now open for CRS and FATCA registration and reporting. The key dates are: Deadline for...

The first round of IRS compliance certifications begins this summer. The current deadline is likely October 2018: 90 days after the IRS...

The first round of IRS compliance certifications begins this summer. The certification process was supposed to have started last summer...

The Cayman Islands changed its deadline for CRS and FATCA reporting: Original deadline May 31 Portal closed June 1 - June 14 Portal...

Singapore released its FATCA reporting nil paper form yesterday. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) requires nil reporting...

It is clear that you must retain records under FATCA and CRS but for how long and when does the clock start ticking? Taking the most...

There are a number of jurisdictions around the world whose Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) are not required to undertake FATCA...

A trust is established in a U.S. jurisdiction such as South Dakota and a South Dakota trustee is appointed. How could this trust be...

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) issued a reminder to financial institutions that an entity that is or becomes a...

This week the IRS announced several IRS Large Business and International division tax compliance campaigns. Two of these campaigns...

FATCA vocabulary has become second nature to those of us actively working on FATCA-related issues. However, clients and newcomers to the...

Please see my new training programs page on my site. The programs cut across my specialties in: Managing legal issues in foreign...

In the FATCA world, some trusts are Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) and some are Non-Financial Foreign Entities (NFFEs). For those...

The Cayman Islands issued a reminder to Financial Institutions that the deadline for the submission of US FATCA and CRS reports and CRS...

Reporting is almost over and you can take a breath. You followed FATCA, IGA, CDOT and CRS requirements in your reporting and due...

The Cayman Islands announced yesterday that its AEOI portal will continue to accept Financial Institution (FI) registrations and...

A Foreign Financial Institution (FFI) that seeks to renew its FFI agreement must do so prior to October 24, 2017. The deadline had...

The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) announced that it has decided to extend the due date for the transmission of FATCA information to...

If you sold, liquidated or otherwise terminated a Reporting Financial Institution (FI) prior to January 1 of this year, you may need to...

The Cayman Islands announced that the reporting deadline for FATCA and CRS has been extended to August 31, 2017. This will be the final...