Mistakenly submitted FATCA Report production files to the FATCA Report test environment. Any production files that are submitted to the test environment will not be processed and will need to be re-submitted to the production environment.

Several FATCA IDES Technical FAQs have been added and updated on IRS.gov. New FAQs are focused on proper preparation of data for submission to IDES and IDES Use for Entities Not Required to Obtain a GIIN. There is now an option for entities, such as U.S. withholding agents (USWA), territory financial institution (TFI), third party preparers, and commercial software vendors to enroll for IDES and transmit reports to the IRS. Those entities are not required to have a global int