William Byrnes

FFI GIIN List FATCA Monthly Update The IRS released the fourteenth FATCA GIIN list of foreign financial institutions (FFIs) that have registered with the IRS through its FATCA portal.  The IRS…

Dr. Andrew P. Morriss is Dean & Anthony G. Buzbee Dean’s Endowed Chairholder, Texas A&M University School of Law; Drew Estes is a JD/MBA Candidate, Class of 2016, University of Alabama. Excerpted…

The FFI GIIN List Update (Lists from June 1, 2014 through June 1, 2015) On 1 June 2015 the IRS published its thirteenth FATCA GIIN list of “approved FFIs” (a list of the financial firms that have…

Dr. Andrew Morriss, Dean of Texas A&M University School of Law The rapidly shifting world of international financial and tax regulation – from the OECD’s BEPS to FATCA – is reshaping the world. Many…

1. FBAR Filing Requirement The FBAR refers to Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts.  The FBAR must be filed annually by a U.S. person that has a financial interest in or signature…

Three significant filing deadlines fall in June, one today and two more on the last day of the month. (1) The 15 June FATCA Form 8938 filing deadline (with the income tax return) with the IRS for a U…

This month’s Haydon Perryman and William Byrnes FATCA Update post starts with a tip-of-the-hat to my FATCA and CRS research colleague Haydon Perryman who has just moved to UBS Investment Bank where…

GIIN Lists Analysis: June 2014 through April 2015 April’s global GIIN registrations, like March, were unimpressive.  Financial institution GIIN total registrations ticked up from an unimpressive 2…

GIIN Lists Analysis: June 2014 through March 2015 In the words of my English colleague Haydon Perryman, March was a “bit of a damp squib”.  Financial institution FATCA registrations have slowed to a…