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International Tax Authority (ITA) To Host Live Seminar For Investment Entities

February 22nd, 2024|Categories: Notices, Press Release|

INTERNATIONAL TAX AUTHORITY (ITA) TO HOST LIVE SEMINAR FOR INVESTMENT ENTITIES Are you an Investment Entity subject to the reporting requirements

Technical Difficulties

June 1st, 2023|

The International Tax Authority (“ITA”) is informing all users of the BVI Financial Account Reporting System, (“BVIFARS”), that it is aware of the technical difficulties being experienced while attempting to file. Our IT Team is diligently working to resolve this matter with the hopes of the portal being fully functional next week.

Fee Implementation Update

May 24th, 2023|

Almost there! Fee Implementation UpdateIt’s been a while since we announced the new annual fee for Financial Institutions (FI’s) enrolled in the BVI Fars portal, however, we’re still on track for 2023.Once the portal goes live, we will provide details about the process and options available for making payments.For those FI’s already enrolled

Tax Identification Number (TIN) Update

May 11th, 2023|

On December 30th, 2022, the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-11 (the “2023 Notice”) for foreign financial institutions (“FFI”) in jurisdictions with a Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) in place. This Notice follows prior relief issued by the IRS in 2017, 2019, and 2021 that offered limited relief and additional

Updated Economic Substance Rules

February 24th, 2023|

The International Tax Authority (“ITA”) is pleased to announce that the updated Rules about the Economic Substance requirements under the Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act, Revised Edition 2020 (as amended) (“ESA”) and the Beneficial Ownership Secure Search System Act, Revised Edition 2020 (as amended) (“BOSSs Act”), is now available on its

BVI Financial Account Reporting System

The International Tax Authority has created a web-based portal to provide a secure environment for BVI Financial Institutions to satisfy their obligations under the Agreement between the Government of the British Virgin Islands and the Government of the United States of America to Improve Tax Compliance via the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (US FATCA), the Agreement between the Government of the British Virgin Islands and the Government of the United Kingdom to Improve International Tax Compliance (UK CDOT) and the Arrangement under the Common Reporting Standards (CRS).

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