New US Withholding Tax on Payments to Foreign Financial Institutions

The United States has recently adopted a new withholding tax to enforce reporting on offshore accounts of US persons. On 20 May 2010, members of our global tax team presented a webinar to discuss the options available to offshore investment funds, banks and other financial institutions.

The webinar was led by New York-based Partner Robert Scarborough and Counsel Eschrat Rahimi-Laridjani, and London-based Partner Mark Kalderon.

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Briefings

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Temporary and proposed regulations on foreign asset reporting (for order only) View all Tax briefings

Awards

European Tax Firm of the Year - International Tax Review European Awards (2011)

Tax firm of the Year (Germany and UK) - International Tax Review European Awards (2011)

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