Final FFI agreement offers transition for due diligence

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Final FFI agreement offers transition for due diligence

Ralph Cunningham
January 08 2014
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A change in the final version of a document critical to compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will allow financial firms to choose which form of due diligence procedures to follow.

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