{"id":107,"date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-12-29T10:56:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T05:26:19","slug":"india-and-united-states-signs-inter-governmental-agreement-to-promote-transparency-on-tax-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxclick.org\/type\/income-tax\/india-and-united-states-signs-inter-governmental-agreement-to-promote-transparency-on-tax-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"India and United States Signs Inter Governmental Agreement to Promote Transparency on Tax Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:justify\">\n<p>Mr. Shaktikanta Das, Revenue Secretary of India and Mr. Richard Verma, U.S.&nbsp;Ambassador&nbsp;to&nbsp;Indiasigned here today , an Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to promote transparency between the two nations on tax matters. The agreement underscores growing international co-operation to end tax evasion everywhere. The text of the signed agreement will be available on the website of the Indian Income Tax Department (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.incometaxindia.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.incometaxindia.gov.in<\/a>)and the website of U.S. Treasury (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.treasury.gov<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The United States (U.S.) and India have a long standing and close relationship. This friendship extends to mutual assistance in tax matters and includes a desire to improve international tax compliance. The signing of IGA is a re-affirmation of&nbsp;the shared commitment of India and USA towards tax transparency and the fight against offshore tax evasion and avoidance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Revenue Secretary, Shaktikanta Das stated,&nbsp;\u201cSigning the IGA with U.S. to implement FATCA today, is a very important step for the Government of India, to tackle offshore tax evasion. It reaffirms the Government of India\u2019s commitment to fight the menace of black money. It is hoped that the exchange of information on automatic basis, regarding offshore accounts under FATCA would deter tax offenders, would enhance tax transparency and eventually bring in higher equity in to the direct tax regime which necessary for a healthy economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Verma, who signed on behalf of the United States, stated, \u201cThe signing of this agreement is an important step forward in the collaboration between the United States and India to combat tax evasion. FATCA is an important part of the U.S. Government\u2019s effort to address that issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FATCA is rapidly becoming the global standard in the effort to curtail offshore tax evasion. To date, the United States has IGAs with more than 110 jurisdictions and is engaged in related discussions with many other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The United States enacted FATCA in 2010 to obtain information on accounts held by U.S. taxpayers in other countries.&nbsp;It requires U.S. financial institutions to withhold a portion of payments made to foreign financial institutions (FFIs) who do not agree to identify and report information on U.S. account holders.&nbsp; As per the IGA, FFIs in India will be required to report tax information about U.S. account holders directly to the Indian Government which will, in turn, relay that information to the IRS.&nbsp;&nbsp;The IRS will provide similar information about Indian account holders in the United States. This automatic exchange of information is scheduled to begin on 30<sup>th&nbsp;<\/sup>September, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both the signing of the IGA with U.S. as well as India\u2019s decision to join the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;June, 2015 are two important milestones in India\u2019s fight against the menace of black money as it would enable the Indian tax authorities to receive financial account information of Indians from foreign countries on an automatic basis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>MAM\/KA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\">(Release ID :123113)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Shaktikanta Das, Revenue Secretary of India and Mr. Richard Verma, U.S.&nbsp;Ambassador&nbsp;to&nbsp;Indiasigned here today , an Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to promote transparency between the two nations on tax matters. 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