【英语财经】美国外派员工银行账户细节移交美国 Banks give up US expats’ data in tax evasion crackdown

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小艾摘要: Bank details belonging to hundreds of thousands of American expats have been passed to Washington, marking the start of a new era of data exchange by governments intent on cracking down on tax cheats. ...
Banks give up US expats’ data in tax evasion crackdown
Bank details belonging to hundreds of thousands of American expats have been passed to Washington, marking the start of a new era of data exchange by governments intent on cracking down on tax cheats.

The transfer of data from certain tax authorities — including the UK, Canada and Australia — was branded a “major milestone” by the Internal Revenue Service.

But the next phase of the international crackdown risks being thrown off course as banks and governments struggle to meet a looming deadline.

A survey by KPMG found that nearly one in two banks it surveyed worldwide had not started to prepare for the new “common reporting standard” (CRS) rules — resulting in the exchange of bank account details between nearly 100 countries — that come into force from January.

The US, which is moving ahead of other countries in closing its net on offshore tax evaders, has already been forced to give some governments an extra year to comply with new rules requiring them to hand over bank details of US citizens.

A last minute extension of its 30 September deadline did not apply to countries where the legislation and systems were already in place, paving the way for the transfer of details on 155,000 accounts on September 29 from Canada. The US had already received information from the UK and Australia, which provided details of over 30,000 financial accounts worth over A$5bn.

The US has also agreed to reciprocate by passing on information about US accounts to 34 countries that meet its “stringent safeguard, privacy, and technical standards”.

Advisers said it was unclear how long it might take an overstretched IRS to sift the data and launch inquiries.

Many US expats who have failed to file US tax returns will be eligible for a partial amnesty, known as the “streamlined” programme which does not impose penalties on people who can say they had not wilfully failed to comply with their obligations to file returns.

数千名美国外派员工的银行账户细节已移交美国,这标志着旨在打击税收欺诈的各国政府步入了一个数据交换的新时期。

英国、加拿大、澳大利亚等国的一些税收当局移交数据的行为被美国国税局(IRS)称为一个“重要里程碑”。

但全球打击税收欺诈行动的下一阶段可能正在脱轨,因为银行和政府难以在即将到来的最终期限前完成数据移交。

毕马威(KPMG)的一项调查发现,近一半受访银行还没有开始为新的“通用报告准则”(CRS)规定(近100个国家之间交换银行账户细节)做好准备。该规定于1月生效。

在打击海外逃税者方面领先于其他国家的美国,已被迫让一些国家推迟一年遵守新规,这些新规要求其他政府移交美国公民的银行账户细节。

美国把原定的最终期限(9月30日)延长,但并不适用于那些已建立相关立法和制度的国家,这为加拿大在9月29日移交15.5万个银行账户细节铺平了道路。美国已收到来自英国和澳大利亚的信息,澳大利亚已提供超过3万个金融账户的细节,总值超过50亿澳元。

作为回报,美国还同意将美国账户的信息移交给34个满足其“严格保护、隐私和技术标准”的国家。

顾问们表示,目前还不清楚,力量有限的美国国税局需要多长时间审查这些数据并启动调查。

很多未能申请美国纳税申报单的美国外派员工将有权获得部分赦免,这被称为“精简”计划,该计划不对那些能够说明他们并非故意不遵守报税义务的人做出处罚。

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