Insights Vol. 2 No. 6: F.A.T.C.A. 24/7
F.A.T.C.A.’S FIRST ANNIVERSARY: AN ASSESSMENT
On July 1, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“F.A.T.C.A.”) celebrated the first anniversary of its implementation. F.A.T.C.A. was created to improve international tax compliance and combat offshore tax evasion. Notwithstanding dire predictions about its impact on the financial community when F.A.T.C.A. was first enacted in 2010, the sky has not yet fallen as of its first anniversary.