Navigate the evolving landscape of FATCA & CRS. Gain critical insights to confidently overcome 2025 reporting hurdles and ensure compliance amidst increasing scrutiny and penalties.
This advanced international tax compliance program explores the evolving requirements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
Presented by Michael Steffany, Esq. (Withers Bergman LLP, U.S.) and Martin D. Killer (Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP), the course delves into both U.S. tax reporting obligations and global CRS frameworks affecting financial institutions, family offices, and multinational entities.
Through practical insights and real-world examples, the program covers:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
🌍 Jurisdictional Relevance
Country / Region | Relevance Level | Details |
🇺🇸United States | Primary | FATCA is a U.S. federal law administered by the IRS. The course provides in-depth coverage of U.S. reporting, withholding obligations, and GIIN registration. |
🇬🇧United Kingdom | High | CRS compliance guidance is presented from a UK perspective (Grant Thornton UK). Includes HMRC practices, reporting penalties, and compliance reviews. |
🇨🇦Canada | High | Canada participates in both CRS and FATCA through an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). Relevant to Canadian financial institutions and compliance officers managing cross-border accounts and OECD data exchange. |
🌐Global / OECD | High | CRS 2.0 and CARF are OECD-led frameworks that impact all participating jurisdictions starting January 2026. Global best practices and implementation strategies are included. |
Live and Recorded CLE & CPE Webcasts in the Legal, Tax, Finance, Risk, Compliance and Human Resources Industries
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Partner at Withers Bergman, LLP
Michael's practice focuses on domestic and international tax planning, compliance, and controversy resolution for individuals and closely held businesses. Michael routinely assists clients in tax and penalty resolution before the Internal Revenue Service and various state departments of revenue during audit, voluntary compliance, and other civil investigation. His experience includes examinations, collection matters, Appeals hearings (including collection due process hearings), and advising clients on international and domestic filing requirements, advising clients on compliance options, and US inbound and outbound tax planning. Michael has been recognized as a rising star in the tax field by super lawyers the past two years. He has also been featured as a speaker on a number of different panels regarding international tax and tax controversy matters. Michael has published several tax-related articles and has been quoted by a number of different publications including USA Today.
Partner, Financial Services Tax (Head of Operational Taxes / Global Tax Information Reporting) at Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP
Martin is an experienced tax partner with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry, advising banks, fund managers and insurance companies on operational taxes. Martin is a qualified chartered accountant. He is a leading advisor on FATCA, CRS, Qualified Intermediary and other information reporting regimes both within the UK and internationally. Martin has worked with many international banks, as well as a range of wealth and asset managers and stockbrokers, advising them on compliance in relation to global operational tax regimes, undertaking transaction due diligence, compliance reviews, implementation workshops and technical training. He also advises institutions on withholding tax reclaims and other transactional taxes impacting products and trading strategies. Martin holds relationships with key personnel at HMRC and IRS, and financial trade bodies dealing with the implementation and ongoing monitoring of operational tax regimes. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Martin spent 21 years at two of the Big Four firms in their financial services tax practices advising on a range of tax issues in the UK and internationally. Martin previously led a compliance team within a global financial institution’s FATCA implementation programme.
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