by Kirsty Pitkin | Mar 23, 2022 | BlogPost
1. Never assume Check any 1042-S forms that are provided by your upstream counterparties. You should not assume that just because they are further up the payment chain, or much bigger than you, that they will get their reporting correct. For example, a recent poll we...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Feb 16, 2022 | BlogPost
In this blog post we want to highlight some of the problems that seem to be endemic to our industry surrounding the use of Form W-8BEN-E by brokerages and issuers of equity linked instruments (ELIs). There are three big problems that we see in the marketplace: 1....
by Kirsty Pitkin | Feb 7, 2022 | BlogPost
The contents of this blog post are for general information only and should not be relied upon as the provision of tax, legal or investment advice or applying to any specific financial institution. 1. You can apply for three separate filing extensions If you work in a...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Mar 24, 2021 | BlogPost
Taxation of US securities in Taiwan: It’s not as simple as it looks 美國證券稅收制度對台灣金融機構的影響-不像看起來的那麼簡單 Authors: Daniel Dominguez and Ross McGill Translator: Amanda Hsu 歡迎閱讀此系列文章的第一篇,這系列文章有助於,台灣的金融機構了解交易美國證券或美國證券相關的衍生性商篇所產生的一些陷阱與機會。 Welcome to the first in a series...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Aug 17, 2020 | BlogPost
FATCA AML/KYC procedures in Hong Kong: State-of-the-art compliance? Abstract There are two regimes in place to combat tax evasion by individuals through offshore accounts. The OECD multilateral Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) together with its...