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Breach at IRS Exposes Tax Returns
May 27th, 2015
Thieves used agency’s online services to get information for about 100,000 households The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that identity thieves used one of its online services to obtain prior-year tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. households, a ...
Yahoo shares fall on worries of possible U.S. tax change on spinoffs
May 20th, 2015
Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) shares fell 7.6 percent on Tuesday on concerns that a possible change in U.S. tax regulations would affect Yahoo’s planned spinoff of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N). The change – discussed by a ...
BVI Launches FATCA Reporting Platform
May 4th, 2015
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Government has told financial institutions that the deadline for registration under its newly launched Financial Account Reporting System (BVIFARS) to facilitate FATCA compliance is June 1, 2015. Financial institutions required to submit information to ...
Swiss Private Bank BSI SA Admits Aiding U.S. Tax Cheats, Will Pay $211 Million
March 31st, 2015
In a deal with U.S. prosecutors, Swiss private bank BSI SA agreed today to pay a $211 million penalty and hand over leads on more than 3,000 accounts with U.S. ties, as well as the actual names of an ...
Should Individual Tax Returns Be Public Information?
March 30th, 2015
My guess is that if you asked Americans if their income taxes should be public information, the answers would mostly run the spectrum from “absolutely not” to “hell, no.” But the idea that tax returns should be confidential and ...
Bankers: Lebanon won’t drop banking secrecy
March 27th, 2015
Lebanon will not abandon its banking secrecy law but will continue to cooperate with the United States and other nations in the exchange of tax information and the fight against money laundering, leading bankers said Thursday. “Lebanon has no intention to abandon ...
FATCA registration guidance updated to publicise time lag
February 26th, 2015
HMRC has updated its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) registration guidance to inform of the time lag between registration and reporting FATCA requires financial institutions (FIs) outside the US to pass information about their US customers to the ...
HSBC whistleblower spills Lynch evidence to Senate
February 19th, 2015
Massive drug, terrorism scandal ropes in Obama’s AG nominee The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday conducted a two-hour session with HSBC whistleblower John Cruz in its investigation of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch’s role in the Obama administration’s decision ...
UAE To Conclude FATCA IGA This Month
February 17th, 2015
The Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held a press conference on February 15, 2015, to discuss the latest developments regarding the draft agreement on implementing the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA, which ...
IRS Makes it Easier for Small Businesses to Apply Repair Regulations to 2014 and Future Years
February 16th, 2015
The Internal Revenue Service today made it easier for small business owners to comply with the final tangible property regulations. Requested by many small businesses and tax professionals, the simplified procedure is available beginning with the 2014 return taxpayers ...
