Compliance with the FATCA Singapore Agreement is Important

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Compliance with the FATCA Singapore Agreement is Important

Compliance with the FATCA Singapore Agreement is Important

FATCA Singapore

FATCA Singapore Reporting Agreement: The United States and Singapore entered into a FATCA Agreement (in substance) in 2014. FATCA is the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. It requires each country to report account holders to the other country.  The purpose is to ensure that, for example, a U.S. person with foreign accounts in Singapore is properly reporting their foreign accounts to the U.S. government with the IRS tax return. The overall goal of FATCA Singapore is to minimize and eliminate offshore tax evasion between the two countries, which was signed in 2014. We will summarize the basics of the FATCA Singapore Reporting Agreement.

Foreign Financial Institution (FFI) Requirements

Foreign Financial Institutions or FFIs are required to report U.S. account holder information to the U.S. government, and vice-versa.

For example, if Michael is a U.S. Legal Permanent Resident and has an account at DBS/POSB, then DBS/POSB  is required to report the account holder information, balances, and other information to the IRS.

FATCA Singapore U.S. Taxpayer Reporting 

When a Taxpayer meets the FATCA Singapore threshold requirement for FATCA, they are required to report the institution, balance, and income information on Form 8938.

In addition, to the FATCA 8938 Form, Taxpayers may have other reporting requirements as well, including:

      • FBAR (FinCEN Form 114)

      • Form 3520

      • Form 3520-A

      • Form 5471

      • Form 8621

      • Form 8865

Taxpayer Non-Compliance with FATCA Singapore

The failure to comply with FATCA Singapore reporting and other offshore filing requirements may result in Form 8938 penalties, along with other offshore penalties.

These penalties may be avoided and/or abated with voluntary disclosure or reasonable cause.

What is CRS?

CRS is the Common Reporting Standard. It is similar to FATCA and sometimes referred to as GATCA (Global Account Tax Compliance Act). The CRS requirements are similar to FATCA, but the U.S. is not a part of CRS.

When a taxpayer receives a FATCA Letter, it is sometimes titled a FATCA CRS Letter.

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