FATCA

North America | 3 May 12

The Association of International Life Offices has written to the US Treasury seeking improvements to its proposed Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

North America | 27 Apr 12

The Investment Management Association has written to the US Treasury asking for a delay to the implementation of its FATCA regualtions.

North America | 23 Apr 12

Irish tax authorities are in discussions with their US counterparts over the possibility of entering into a “model agreement” for implementing Americas Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

North America | 11 Apr 12

Israel is to seek a deal with the US over the pending FATCA regulations that increasingly have begun to concern Israeli banks, many of which have a large number of American clients, an Israeli media organisation is reporting.

North America | 29 Feb 12

A FATCA partnership with the US may not be as frightening as it may sound at first to those in Guernsey and similar other smaller jurisdictions, a KPMG Guernsey tax expert says, noting that, in terms of scope and commitment, it could be relatively similar to the EU Savings Tax Directive (EUSD).