by Kirsty Pitkin | Oct 4, 2016
Time is running out for the 2014 Form W-8BEN-E Back in April, the IRS issued a revised version of Form W-8BEN-E, which is used by non-US entities to report (among other things) their Identity and IRC Chapter 3 & 4 status to withholding agents. Regulations permit...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Sep 27, 2016
Some Basic Responsibilities for a Responsible Officer Being a QI and Responsible Officer is not just about signing a bit of paper and filing this away….it is an on-going and ever developing regime. The ever-developing nature of the IRC Chapter 3 (QI regime),...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Jul 21, 2016
How and Why the GATCA Library Came To Be… The Why We at TConsult Ltd, first established the library as an internal function, a tool for us to use in house. The library began as a simple folder that was constructed in order for TConsult to have access to the vast...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Jul 20, 2016
Introducing GATCA In this episode I’ll be tracing the minutiae of the US Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 regulations through to their operational conclusion, discussing whether FATCA has the capability to identify the Panama Papers data in the absence of a leak, and...
by Kirsty Pitkin | May 24, 2016
Under the Radar: IRS Increases Penalties for Reporting Failures If you have just completed your US information reporting program for the 2015 tax year – well done! The last twelve months has seen some interesting changes in the Chapter 3 QI and NQI landscape,...