FinCEN recently took another important step toward bringing virtual currency into the financial assets reporting scheme....more
With the emergence of digital assets, the question has arisen whether digital assets held in “wallets” in foreign exchanges need to be reported on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign...more
1/8/2020
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Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Digital Securities ,
Digital Wallets ,
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FBAR ,
Filing Requirements ,
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HIRE Act ,
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Virtual Currency
On November 29, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") published a memorandum (the "Memorandum") dated November 20, 2018, outlining the new process for all voluntary disclosures, both domestic and offshore (the "New...more
12/21/2018
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FBAR ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Financial Accounts ,
IRS ,
Offshore Funds ,
OVDP ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Planning ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
On May 25, 2018, the Council of the European Union formally adopted Council Directive 2018/822/EU on the reporting of "potentially aggressive" cross-border tax-planning arrangements....more
An Overview of Proposed Regulation AT -
Orrick attorneys authored an overview of Regulation Automated Trading (known as "Regulation AT") proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") in the May/June 2016...more
8/2/2016
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Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Derivatives ,
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Electronic Trading ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Innovative Technology ,
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Regulation AT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
Swap Dealers ,
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