In our most recent discussion of the IRS’s Offshore Enforcement Initiatives, we discussed the John Doe Summons recently issued by the U.S. Department of Justice to Wells Fargo seeking information about First Caribbean...more
On April 27, 2013 the Federal Council of the Russian Federation approved a law prohibiting certain categories of individuals from opening and maintaining accounts and cash deposits in foreign banks situated outside of Russia,...more
On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) unsealed extraordinary criminal charges against two registered representatives of a U.S. broker-dealer and a high-level Venezuelan...more
On January 17, 2013 the Internal Revenue Service issued long-awaited final regulations that implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the new reporting and withholding tax regime that applies to foreign...more
The end of the year was very tough for global banks. For months significant enforcement actions were expected in the ongoing LIBOR manipulation probe and anti-money laundering and sanctions violations probes....more
Tax lawyer Stuart Schabes co-presented “FATCA – 2013 and Beyond” at The Perfect Storm: US Tax Legislation and IRS Compliance 2013, a program hosted by Philip Stein & Associates and ERM. The discussion included: -...more
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