Russia to Join FATCA Tax Watchdog

Earlier this week, I introduced a bill that would reform the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca). Originally tacked on as the "pay-for" to a 2010 bill to incentivize hiring, Fatca was intended to crack down on overseas tax evasion. That's not ...

(Updates with description of Fatca in sixth paragraph.) May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore is set to conclude an agreement with the U.S. that will help financial institutions based in the city-state comply with a tax rule requiring them to share ...

Vestra Wealth has launched as US wealth division to address the complex regulatory and tax issues of investors with a transatlantic footprint. Recent legislation such as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) will soon come into force and ...

In the final article in a three-part series on FATCA compliance, we explain why banks need to look for solutions that help them collect and analyze customer identification information to help with compliance in multiple areas beyond FATCA. Tags: ...

French Fin Min: Pushing For European Equivalent To FATCA By Gabriele Parussini AYLESBURY, England--France and Germany are taking joint steps to speed up the adoption of legislation to fight tax evasion in the European Union, the French Finance ...

US Senator Rand Paul has rolled out a new bill that seeks to repeal key sections of a 2010 law relating to the issue of offshore tax evasion. The three-year-old Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is currently being implemented across the ...

The US Government introduced the Act (FATCA) in 2010 primarily to check offshore tax evasion, particularly by US citizens and Green Card holders with overseas assets. The Act puts the onus on banks and financial institutions globally to act as ...

Posted by Sivananda Rallabandi, Principal Consultant at Capco. With less than a year to go until first stage compliance, the clock is ticking. The tasks are piling up and the time is running out. Immediate Next Steps Financial institutions may ...

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