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Offshore presence may cause FATCA headache for Australian global financial institutions

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

As the Australian Government negotiates a potential Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the US in respect of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance

Supreme Court settles Fifth Amendment required records issue in context of offshore bank accounts

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On May 13, 2013, the Supreme Court denied a taxpayer's petition for certiorari regarding the Seventh Circuit's August 27, 2012, decision applying the

Government runs its record to 4-0 in compelling production of records of offshore bank accounts

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On February 7, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit joined "the three of our sister circuits that have considered the same issue

Indian American neurosurgeon sentenced to probation for unreported offshore bank accounts

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On February 1, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin sentenced Arvind Ahuja, a Milwaukee neurosurgeon, to serve three

Joint accounts - whose money is it?

  • Boodle Hatfield
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 15 2012

Joint bank accounts may be a flexible and practical solution for the management of money on a day to day basis

Recent trial victory provides important guidance for Ohio trustees

  • Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

National City Bank, which is now a part of PNC Bank, National Association, had been the trustee of an irrevocable trust for over 50 years. The primary

FATCA implementation in Switzerland a general overview

  • Froriep Renggli
  • -
  • Switzerland, USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

On 18 March 2010, the U.S. Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010 (known as the Hire Act) amended the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986

Enforcement of guarantees against a wife the Yerkey v Jones principle

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 29 2011

Despite criticism, a special equity established in the 1930s is still available which entitles a wife (if the circumstances permit) to relief from enforcement of a guarantee she has given as security for her husband’s debts

Highlights of recently released FATCA regulations

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2013

On January 17, the Internal Revenue Service issued long-awaited final regulations (the Final Regulations) for implementing the Foreign Account Tax

For holders of offshore bank accounts, another domino falls

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2012

On September 21, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit joined the Seventh and Ninth Circuits in holding that holders of offshore bank accounts have no recourse to the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination when the government demands that they turn over their offshore bank account records