FATCA IDES Sample Enveloping Signature File & Updated version of FATCA IDES User Guide
IRS published a sample enveloping signature file on the Digital Signatures for Data Preparation page. A new version of the IDES User...
IRS FATCA Reports ICMM Notifications.
IRS posted on the IRS FATCA ICMM Report Notifications webpage the IRS FATCA Reports ICMM Notifications User Guide and the IRS FATCA...
Opening of FATCA IDES Gateway
International Data Exchange Service (IDES) Gateway is open from February 27. All IDES enrollees may use the IDES Gateway to securely send...
New FATCA IDES Testing Dates.
New IDES testing session will be open from Tuesday, March 10 at 2:00 a.m. EDT to Thursday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. The test session...
IRS identifies issues relating to schema
An issue has been identified in which FATCA XML documents fail schema validation when default namespaces are used. This is a temporary...
Opening of IDES enrollment site
According to IRS announcement, Financial institutions and host country tax authorities will use IDES to securely send their information...
IDES User Guide
Publication 5190, a draft version of FATCA IDES User Guide was released by the IRS. The FATCA International Date Exchange Service (IDES)...
Publication 5188 on metadata XML schema
The IRS posted Publication 5188, FATCA Metadata XML Schema v1.0 The guidance explains the process of preparation and validation of the...
Update to the instructions for Form 8966 for 2014
The IRS posted an update to the instraction for Form 8966, FATCA Report, for use by certain entities that are required to report...