Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Tax compliance and data privacy | EDPS opinion

In its latest newsletter the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) points out that data privacy principles apply to tax compliance. EDPS in the newsletter says the following: Tax compliance and data privacy On 28 October 2020, the EDPS issued an Opinion on … Lees verder →

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Remote working tools for lawyers | CCBE guidance

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) published guidance on the use of remote working tools by lawyers and remote court proceedings. CCBE in its December newsletter: In this document, the CCBE analyses the main risks and challenges … Lees verder →

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Procedures against FATCA data transfers by Belgium and Luxemburg

French and Belgian anti-FATCA organisations announced their new actions against FATCA-data transfers by EU member states Belgium and Luxemburg. A short announcement is to be found in this video.     Read also: Les “Américains accidentels” demandent la fin du … Lees verder →

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FBAR delinquents and the provision of personal data of third parties to the US government | FATCA

If you are a US citizen living in the EU, you may be a FBAR-delinquent if you don’t file financial information; if you do file you may be violating fundamental rights of third parties. This is explained here. Extraterritorial US … Lees verder →

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Waiting for answers | FATCA-questions by the European Parliament

In September questions were asked regarding the data transfer of personal information of European citizens to the U.S. after the Privacy Shield judgment of the European Court (‘Schrems II’ judgment). The questions by Sophie in’t Veld, member of the European … Lees verder →

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Data protection applies to AML-/CFT-legislation, EDPB warns | Action Plan EC

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in a statement of 15 December 2020 warns the European Commission that data protection principles apply to legislation in regard of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. EDPB considers the legislation regarding … Lees verder →

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Survey on enhancing cross-border payments without the clients of financial institutions | FATF

In the article Survey on enhancing cross-border payments (without a date), FATF invites the readers to participate in a survey. Further in the article FATF speaks about the private sector: This includes banks, payment service providers, Fintech companies, money or … Lees verder →

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Stop the gatekeeper-mantra and become human! | AML, CFT

One of the amazing aspects of the anti-money laundering (AML) and countering terrorist financing (CFT) activities of governments and ‘investigative’ journalists, is the complete absence of a serious discussion on the quality of the underlying concepts. Also astonishing is the … Lees verder →

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Complaint by Accidental Americans against renouncement fee | FATCA

The French association of Accidental Americans [*] and twenty Accidental Americans of different nationalities have filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Washington against the U.S. State Department on 9 December. In the complaint they allege that the US$ … Lees verder →

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Neglecting the dark side of AML/CFT | Anti-Money Laundering Regulation is on its way

The process in the direction of harmonization of European anti-money laundering (AML) legislation is continuing. Read the article on the main results of the Video conference of economics and finance ministers, 4 November 2020. On AML the following: Anti-money laundering … Lees verder →

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