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Every year, the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) brings about changes to various tax forms as well as new forms in order to improve the reporting process, and make it more systematic to reduce errors. For the 2015 tax year the IRS implemented changes to forms such as the W-2 and 1099, and introduced a few...
In one of our earlier articles: Beware that your Non-U.S. Financial Institutions May Be Sharing Your Financial Account Information with the Internal Revenue Service, we discussed Inter-Governmental Agreements (IGAs) that the U.S. government had entered into with the tax authorities and financial institutions of other countries to successfully implement compliance with the FATCA regulation imposed on...
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was enacted by the United States (U.S.) Congress in March 2010 to prevent U.S. persons/taxpayers from evading taxes by using foreign accounts. Under FATCA regulation individuals are required to provide full details of their foreign accounts/investments, but now even foreign financial institutions (FFIs) are required to provide details...
In our previous article “U.S. Tax Law: FATCA & it’s Impact on Canadians and the International Community“, we provided an overview of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and how the U.S. wanted multinational (non-U.S.) banks, financial institutions, and governments of various countries to comply with this law. The article also covered the...
In 2010, the U.S. government passed the ‘Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act’ (FATCA). This new compliance act requires any U.S. person, Resident (Green Card), or Non-Resident Alien, who meets the reporting thresholds for a specific tax year to disclose information regarding their foreign financial accounts and other foreign assets to the U.S Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (Also...
In August 2013, the IRS announced that its online FATCA registration system was ready for foreign financial institutions (FFIs) and financial institutions (FIs) to use. The online portal allows these entities to establish accounts, and designate points of contact (POCs) to manage their accounts among other things. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been encouraging...
Many U.S. taxpayers are not fully aware of the foreign account and asset reporting required by the IRS. Two most commonly discussed are the Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). We would like to take some time to go over several of the specifics regarding these requirements. The Foreign...
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