Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN)
Alacra Launches Legal Entity Look-Up
Users can search millions of entities on company's database
What Do You Know and When Do You Know It?
Recent IRD features focus on the challenges of collecting and accessing data in timely fashion
IRD's Editor on GIIN Turnover Issue
Lack of up-to-date identifier information complicates Fatca compliance
The IRS's Weak Tea
Questions abound on the functioning of the IRS's Fatca compliance systems and identification lists
Fatca GIIN Numbers Experiencing Turnover
Identifiers used for compliance become invalid without notice, says tax reporting provider
OFR's Reed Sheds Light on LEI's Omission from Fatca
Matthew Reed, of the Office of Financial Research and Regulatory Oversight Committee of the legal entity identifier project, says the LEI was not ready when the Internal Revenue Service made key decisions about Fatca, but suggests it will be added in the…