The United Kingdom’s tax authority (HMRC) issued an update today regarding the deadline for CRS and FATCA Y2019 reporting. The normal...

The Bahamas tax authority announced that its AEOI portal will open for registration and reporting on Monday, August 17, 2020 at 9 AM EDT....

Many tax authorities around the world have slowed down due to the pandemic but the British Virgin Islands International Tax Authority...

The Cayman Islands previously extended the deadline for Y2019 FATCA reporting to November 16, 2020. Cayman Islands Department for...

The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) announced today the due date to submit FATCA reporting to the MRA has been extended from July 31,...

Given the IRS extension for foreign government FATCA reporting, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has extended its FATCA registration and...

The Cayman Islands announced the deadline for Y2019 FATCA reporting has been extended to November 16, 2020. However, the deadline for CRS...

Luxembourg’s Parliament is currently considering proposed amendments to its existing FATCA and CRS laws. The proposed changes would take...

The Cayman Islands announced today that the deadline for Y2019 FATCA/CRS reporting has been extended to September 18, 2020 and the annual...

Previously, the Cayman Islands stated that its FATCA/CRS AEOI portal was offline for maintenance. [See my August 31, 2019 blog post:...

Whether it’s assessing a new foreign grantor trust client, setting up a new foreign biotech manufacturing plant or soliciting funds for a...

This week the British Virgin Islands (BVI) International Tax Authority (ITA) demonstrated its commitment to FATCA and CRS examinations by...

The Cayman Islands Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) announced Friday that its AEOI portal is offline to facilitate the...

You received a self-certification from a new client that looks reasonable on its face but is it? Have you considered whether the client...

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) tax authority issued a notice on Friday, June 21, 2019 alerting filers that the deadline for both FATCA...

The Cayman Islands AEOI Portal is currently online and open for notifications and reporting for all years. The deadline for both CRS and...

The Bahamas Competent Authority announced that its automatic exchange of information (AEOI) portal will open for FACTA and CRS-AEOI...

On May 25, 2019, the Bahamas Competent Authority issued an updated list of Common Reporting Standard (CRS) exchange partners. The...

Mauritius issued new regulations on April 23, 2019 that amend the Income Tax (Common Reporting Standard) Regulations 2018. The new...

Once again, the Cayman Islands has extended the deadline for FATCA and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) reporting from May 31 to July 31....