Insights Vol. 4 No. 1: Updates & Other Tidbits

Volume 4 No 1    |    Read Article

By Beate Erwin, Fanny Karaman, Nina Krauthamer, and Philip R. Hirschfeld

This month, we look briefly at several timely issues, including (i) the termination of foreign acceptance agent agreements used to confirm copies of passports outside the U.S. when a non-U.S. individual obtains an I.T.I.N., (ii) a court order in Canada upholding a demand for disclosure of client names and documentation relating to participation in a discredited tax shelter, (iii) E.U. steps that identify potentially blacklisted low-tax or no-tax countries, and (iv) worsening relations between the U.S. and the E.U. stemming from widening differences in tax policies.   See more →