The Road Ahead: Thoughts on the Recently Released Final FATCA Regulations |
On Thursday, January 17, 2013, Treasury and IRS released the final regulations for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”). Originally codified as part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010, these final regulations culminate a series of interim guidance issued by the Treasury Department and IRS.
The attached document highlights several important takeaways from the final regulations, as well as Deloitte’s point of view on these rules, including the following topics:
- Treasury’s risk-based approach limits institutions, obligations and accounts subject to FATCA;
- Collaboration with foreign governments is a move towards a global information reporting framework
- Registration and technical implementation questions are addressed;
- Provisions on account documentation and due diligence requirements relieve some burden;
- Rules on withholding provide clarity on certain issues but leave others ambiguous;
- Reporting provisions were unchanged; and
- These rules are now final.
Please look for more detailed analysis of the final regulations from the Deloitte Global FATCA PMO.
The full article is available for download. For more information please contact a FATCA Leader or click here.
Last updated Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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The Road Ahead: Thoughts on the recently released final FATCA regulations
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