FATCA Fundamentals

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All parties interested in knowing how to apply the FATCA legislation.

The level of sophistication can be tailored relative to the target audience ("Novice" to "Intermediary").

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3,00 Stonn(en)

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  • Understand what the obligations under the Luxembourg-US FATCA IGA are, and what is the link with the CRS, the DAC6 and certain AML obligations
  • Understand due diligence requirements, classification obligations and remediation/documentation of issues detected.
  • Understand data protection notification obligations under the Luxembourg FATCA law
  • Understand reporting requirements
  • Gain awareness on the main risks related to FATCA obligations for your firm and your clients (compliance/operational/financial risks…)

Inhalt

  • Basic principles
    • Legal framework and sources
    • Options under the Luxembourg-US IGA
    • Responsibilities of Reporting Financial Institutions
    • Classification rules in a nutshell – individuals and entities
    • General and specific data protection notification obligations under the Luxembourg FATCA law
    • Types of data to be exchanged- data collection and reporting to the Luxembourg tax authorities
    • Mandatory procedures and Register of Actions
    • Controls and sanctions
    • Link with the US QI regime
    • On-boarding and self-certification processes
    • Use of IRS forms?
    • What about Chapter 3 statuses and treaty sections?
    • Validity of W-8/W-9 forms and validity of self-certifications
  • Review of self-certifications for actual knowledge/reasons to know – Frequently detected issues
  • Follow-up of changes in circumstances and remediation
  • Ongoing maintenance of the Register of Actions
  • Specificities of data protection notification obligations
  • Data collection and reporting
  • Preparing for a tax audit and/or specific queries from the tax authorities – Typical questions raised
  • Link with other obligations: CRS similarities and differences, the DAC 6, CSSF indicators of aggravated tax fraud/tax evasion
  • Upcoming changes

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Price: From EUR 550, - per trainee (open course) or tailored (Internal course)

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