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ARTICLE · 03 DECEMBER 2015

IRS Upgrades And Enhances FATCA Online Registration System

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In a notice dated November 23, 2015, the IRS announced that it had upgraded the FATCA Online Registration System to enable sponsoring entities to register their sponsored entities to obtain a global intermediary identification number.

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In a notice dated November 23, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it had upgraded the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Online Registration System to enable sponsoring entities to register their sponsored entities to obtain a global intermediary identification number (GIIN).

As we had recently reported, sponsored entities (including, for example, Canadian financial institutions covered by the Canada-US Intergovernmental Agreement) had been granted a one-year extension until December 31, 2016 to have their own GIINs for FATCA reporting and withholding purposes.

To facilitate this requirement, the FATCA Online Registration System has now been updated so as to enable and facilitate sponsoring entities to add their sponsored entities and, if applicable, sponsored subsidiary branches.

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