by Kirsty Pitkin | Aug 26, 2015 | BlogPost
IPRs: The Story Continues… I started this blog series from the premise that FATCA has control and oversight mechanisms consisting of two parts: a continuing obligation on the responsible officer (RO) to declare any events of default or material failure of control...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Aug 14, 2015 | BlogPost
Three Things You Need To Know About An Interim Periodic Review (Part 2) So, in my last IPR blog I established why you might want to consider an interim periodic review (IPR) as part of your FATCA compliance program. The issue was and is about joining the dots between...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Aug 7, 2015 | BlogPost
Five Things To Know To Protect Your Firm From US Tax Regulations (Part 1) 1. If you have a QIEIN or a GIIN, you must adhere to a three-part control and oversight system There are now just over 6,500 qualified intermediaries under US internal revenue code (IRC) Chapter...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Jul 3, 2015 | BlogPost
Joining the Compliance Dots: Periodic Reviews The most common comment I’m hearing these days about FATCA is that the compliance pressure is off now that the deadlines for due diligence are past. Well, as is common in financial circles, this is both inaccurate,...
