December was a fruitful month for the US Treasury Department’s efforts to implement FATCA. The Treasury Department inked another six FATCA bilateral agreements which increases the total number of bilateral agreements to 18. The Malta, Netherlands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey agreements are based on the Model 1A treaty and requires the foreign financial institutions…
DetailsUS TAX SURPRISES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SERIES If you are a US person (citizen or resident) you may have learned by now that you have to file a US tax return and bank report each year, even if you have no US source income. Well, that’s not all. This is the first in a series…
DetailsOn November, 14 2013, the US and France signed a bilateral agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The agreement is based on the Model 1A treaty and requires French financial institutions to report US account holders to the French government, which will then report those accounts to the US. Similarly, US financial institutions are required…
DetailsOn October 29, the IRS published Notice 2013-69 (the Notice) which provides guidance to Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI’s) seeking to enter into FFI Agreements with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to comply with their Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) obligations. While the majority of the Notice is dedicated to providing a draft FFI Agreement,…
DetailsFlott & Co. recently had the opportunity to discuss our proposal for changes to the existing IRS “noisy” disclosure programs (Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program – OVDP – and the Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedure for Non-Resident US Taxpayers – Streamlined Process) with representatives of the Service. The discussion focused on encouraging the IRS to create a…
DetailsOn July 12, 2013, the US Treasury Department issued Notice 2013-43 which extended the implementation deadline of most FATCA rules for an additional six months. This has moved the general implementation deadline for FATCA from January 1, 2014 to July 1, 2014. Still, US persons holding foreign accounts will be impacted by FATCA sooner rather…
DetailsThe Cayman Islands announced on March 15, 2013, that it will enter into a Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the US in response to FATCA. With the Model 1 agreement, the information about the foreign assets held by US citizens, required by FATCA, will be collected by the Cayman Islands and then given by…
DetailsOn February, 14 2013, the US and Switzerland signed a bilateral agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). In addition, on January 23, 2013, the US and Ireland signed their own bilateral agreement to implement FATCA. The US is averaging about one bilateral FATCA agreement signed per month. While this seems like…
DetailsThe Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires foreign financial institutions and US persons who hold certain foreign accounts to report these accounts to the US. One of the most common types of account that must reported is the depository account. However, the definition of depository account changed significantly from the proposed regulations to the final regulations.
DetailsBefore delving headfirst into the taxation of intellectual property, it is important to understand what constitutes intellectual property and how it relates to intangible property. Intangible property is any property that has no physical substance, and intellectual property is intangible property created by individual(s). While these terms are often used interchangeably, some types of intangible…
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