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1/2015

FATCA Reporting: Where and How

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    Jennie Cherry
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    George N. Harris, Jr.
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    Stephen K. Vetter

One of the stated purposes of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is to address the use of non-US accounts to facilitate tax evasion. In order for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to gather information on the foreign financial assets of US persons, more than 145,000 financial institutions have registered through the IRS FATCA registration system. January 29, 2015. Download

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