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First glimpse of CRS Data Quality
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The OECD has provided the first glimpse of CRS Data Quality. This…
EU blacklist updates: Dominica in and Barbados out
The Council of the European Union met on Monday and has since released the conclusions it adopted on the revised EU…
Question Time
Question Time section from Trans World Compliance. Test your CRS and FATCA knowledge with a new question each week.…
CTS 2.0 Supported Data Types
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. In March, 2021 the OECD’s data exchange mechanism, the Common…
"Economic Substance" tests
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The OECD’s Forum on Harmful Tax Practices has developed under the Base…
What is the Common Transmission System (CTS) and h…
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The CTS is run by the OECD and is used to exchange Common Reporting…
What is the EU Tax Blacklist?
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The EU Black List is based on three criteria: Transparency, Fair Tax…
Bahamas and Blacklisting
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. According to the Tribune, an incorrect email address led to France's…
Responsible Office Reporting
By Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The IRS FATCA certification requires Periodical Certification of all…
CRS Reporting 2021 - are you ready to meet the cha…
By: Marco Zawar. MBA/LL.M Introduction In June 2019 the OECD released Version 3.0 of their CRS XML User guide for Tax…
Cayman DITC Portal Open
By: Eugenie Meijer, Director of Support and Training for CRS/FATCA One. The long waited DITC Portal was finally opened…
CRS Reporting – What are the hidden perils on Hong…
By: Marco Zawar. MBA/LL.M On September 30, 2020, the Inland Revenue Department (“IRD”) released updates on their AEOI…
The OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS): how st…
By: Eugenie Meijer, Director of Support and Training for CRS/FATCA One. So, what is Common and what is Standard? Well…
The OECD Common Transmission System
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The OECD created the Common Transmission System (CTS) to exchange CRS…
FATCA TIN Reporting Requirements TIN Relief
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. Prior to FATCA and CRS, the collection of a Tax ID number was not…
<Nationality> caught up in a lack of communi…
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The Nationality XML element seems to have been caught up in a lack of…
IRS IDES Test Period Opens and FATCA Deadlines are…
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. The IRS has opened a test period from August 3, 2020 through September…
Model 1 extension isn’t automatic
By: Dave Olenzak. President and Founder of TWC. Note that the Model 1 extension isn’t automatic. It simply gives Tax…