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The IRS has published the 2017 draft of the Instructions for Form 8957, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Registration. The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance to Financial Institutions and Direct Reporting Non-Financial Foreign Entities (NFFEs) in registering themselves and their branches (if applicable) as one of the following: Participating Foreign Financial […]

Pennsylvania recently released an updated Form PA-100, the Enterprise Registration Form and Instructions. This form is used by enterprise businesses to register with the state for certain taxes and services administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and Department of Labor & Industry. For the purposes of this form, “enterprise” does not indicate size of […]

The New Jersey Division of Taxation has released an updated version of its Form NJ-W-4P, Certificate of Voluntary Withholding of New Jersey Gross Income Tax from Pension and Annuity Payments. Pensioners and annuitants may use this form to instruct the payer withholding New Jersey Income Tax rather than making estimated tax payments. The form itself […]

Pennsylvania recently updated the file imports for their W-2 Employee Wage Records and 1099-MISC Distribution. These file imports are used by employers to report W-2 and 1099-MISC data to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. The changes made are as follows: Employer W-2 Employee Wage Records: For the Fields “PA Income Tax Withheld”, “Taxable Compensation”, and […]

Guernsey recently published Bulletin 2017/3, detailing how Trustee Documented Trusts (“TDT”) must report under the Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”). This bulletin provides guidance on the format for electronic reporting through the Information Gateway Online Reporter (IGOR), the Guernsey electronic reporting portal. While trusts would ordinarily be considered Reporting Financial Institutions (RFIs) under Schedule 2 of […]

On May 15, Costa Rica released additional documentation for reporting under FATCA 2.0.  The documentation include Client Configuration Guide v 2.0, a user guide for the FATCA reporting site, and example XML files according to the 2.0 standard.  These documents provide essential guidance for parties needing to file FATCA returns with Costa Rica. To review […]

The State of Washington has passed new legislation which provides an exemption for materials incorporated into and services rendered in respect to adapted housing for disabled veterans from retail sales tax. The exemption only applies to construction projects for disabled veterans approved by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs. The exemption will be in […]

The IRS released an updated FFI Agreement for Financial Institutions with FATCA obligations on December 30, 2016. Those FFIs whose agreements expired at the end of last year, and that wish to retain their GIINs, are required to renew their FFI Agreements. They can do so through the FATCA FFI Registration System. The FFIs will […]

The Spanish Tax Administration has updated its XML guidance for submitting FATCA returns. There is only one significant revision of which filers should take note. It provides a web address for the consultation of presentations made in the preproduction test environment. In order to access this page, the filer will need to have a digital […]

The Spanish Tax Administration has published additional answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding FATCA and CRS reporting. The questions address specific circumstances – under both FATCA and CRS – in which a Financial Institution is obligated to carry out blocking of a financial account for both entities and natural persons: A Financial Institution must block […]

Jersey has posted guidance for next month’s CRS reporting.  Jersey had previously released guidance in April for FATCA.  This publication contains information on single or multi-jurisdictional reporting, trustee and third party reporting, and nil returns, amongst others.  Jersey’s due date is June 30.  As such, this publication should be reviewed by Reporting Financial Institutions to […]

Costa Rica recently published a communique on FATCA reporting.  The document sets the reporting dates for 2016 information to be reporting in 2017.  Reporting dates will run from May 12 to August 11, 2017.  The document also provides links to the portals available for reporting, as well instructions for registration of reporters and, validation, testing, […]

The IRS has released an updated Publication 1586, Reasonable Cause Regulations & Requirements for Missing and Incorrect Name/TINs . There are a number of changes from the previous revision:  More information has been provided as to when a penalty will not be imposed Where the error on a timely-filed information return relates to an incorrect […]

Regulatory analysis: A group of Republican Senators is drafting its own health care legislation, “incorporating” some provisions of the House plan. In all likelihood, the Senate version will be drastically different from the House bill. Under the amended American Health Care Act, information reporting requirements remain intact for the immediate and likely the distant future, […]

The House Freedom Caucus endorsed the MacArthur Amendment last week, bringing Republicans closer to the 216 votes they need in order for the AHCA to pass. For now, there is no reason to assume that the MacArthur Amendment will have any impact on reporting requirements beyond those contemplated in the original bill. Many are wondering […]

Regulatory and legislative updates to 1099 form requirements that took place in recent weeks. Individual states and the IRS introduce new 1099 form requirements and changes to existing legislation on a frequent basis. Sovos documents each of these updates in its Taxport Compass portal to arm clients with the most current and accurate information and […]

France has updated its FATCA Guidance for this July’s reporting. Specific changes are highlighted in blue through out the publication, and a summary is provided on the second page. Filers should be mindful of any changes made to ensure that they will be able to send proper FATCA returns. In particular, there is guidance on […]

The Tax Administration of Liechtenstein has released a statement to inform FIs and filers that the deadline for the transmission of FATCA reports has been extended to July 31, 2017. Originally, the due date for tax year 2016 reports was June 30th.