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ACA follows up on its meeting with Robert Stack, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs, with support for Same Country Exemption for FATCA reporting
In October 2013, in a letter to Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service, ACA proposed "Same Country" exemption be adopted to the FATCA regulations and future IGAs. ACA's letter described in general the workings of such an exemption. In February 2015, ACA, together with several other groups, met with Robert Stack, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs, United States Department of the Treasury, to discuss the subject and presented him with a written description of the "Same Country" exemption. Secretary Stack asked ACA to provide more information on FFIs ability to adopt “Same Country Exemption” to alleviate the problems of banking lock-out for Americans living and working overseas. ACA has followed up and responded to Secretary Stack’s questions in a letter to him on April 29th. ACA is confident that, if adopted, Same Country Exemption will alleviate a large part of the banking lock-out that currently exists for Americans living and working overseas.
See ACA’s letter here.
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