Friday, July 26, 2013

IRS Delays Implementation of Key FATCA Provisions


On July 12, 2013, the IRS released Notice 2013-43, which delays for six months the implementation of withholding, reporting, and due diligence requirements under the final regulations of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). (Read a discussion of the FATCA provisions and an analysis of the final regulations, which were released in January 2013 and extended some of the original due dates.)

The effective date of the withholding obligations is delayed from Jan. 1, 2014, until July 1, 2014. The date for which new account opening procedures are required to be in place also has been extended until June 30, 2014.


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Source: John M. Kelleher, http://www.crowehorwath.com

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