Ireland and US sign FATCA agreement in Dublin

Ralph Cunningham

January 09 2013

While financial institutions await the imminent publication of the final regulations for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the US has signed another intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to allow for the easier introduction of the legislation.

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Ralph Cunningham

Ralph Cunningham worked at ITR between 2004 and 2018 and is now a freelance journalist.

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