FATCA AGREEMENT BETWEEN CURAÇAO AND THE U.S.Fatca Agreement • January 30th, 2015
Contract Type FiledJanuary 30th, 2015On 16 December 2014, Curaçao and the U.S. signed an intergovernmental agreement (“Curaçao-IGA”) setting out the information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to banks and other financial institutions resident in Curaçao (“FI’s”) under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”). By virtue of the Curaçao-IGA, FI’s will be required to report certain information about their U.S. account holders (“FATCA-Information”) to the tax authorities in Curaçao (“Tax Authorities”), which will then share that information with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”).