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Backgrounder : Canada and FATCA

IRS Tax Collection: Evasion of the US or of an American law: the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)FATCA was being negotiated, and the proposed terms have not been made public. The IRS has only recently issued the final FATCA regulations on 17 January 2013.

The United States government wishes FATCA would impose on Canadian institutions and consumers, as well as about the bigger question of why a thoroughly evaluated and Parliament has had a chance to examine and debate whether an IGA and FATCA are in of further intrusion into their lives under a FATCA IGA.”

–Elizabeth May -Governmental Agreement to implement FATCA and instead advise their US counterparts that these policies are an Canada.

 We must not permit Canadian financial institutions to comply with FATCA in violation of our own privacy laws, and if the US attempts to enforce FATCA against them, we must vigorously

Implementation of FATCA Likely Unconstitutional, Says Leading Constitutional Expert | Green Party of Canada

Implementation of FATCA Likely Unconstitutional, Says Leading Constitutional Expert | Green Party of CanadaSkip to NavigationHome /Implementation of FATCA Likely Unconstitutional, Says Leading Constitutional Expert13 March 2013 - 2:10pmFacebook LikeTweet WidgetGoogle Plus OneOTTAWA – In a letter to the Department of Finance by leading Canadian constitutional expert Peter Hogg, and obtained by Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament, through an Access to Information request, he warns that an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) to implement the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) signed with the United States, or legislation to bring it into force, would likely be unconstitutional and in violation of Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms."It is already unthinkable that the Harper Conservatives would consider putting the interests of the United States before those of the Canadian citizens whose lives have been turned upside-down as a result of the FATCA", said MP Elizabeth May, "but it is

IRS Tax Collection: Evasion of the US or Invasion of Canada? | Green Party of CanadaSkip to NavigationHome /IRS Tax Collection: Evasion of the US or Invasion of Canada?28 January 2013 - 3:32pmFacebook LikeTweet WidgetGoogle Plus OneOTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is calling on the government of Canada to stand on guard against the demands of the United States (US) for extraterritorial enforcement of an American law: the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The Government of Canada must protect our notice in November that an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on FATCA was being negotiated, and the proposed terms have not been made public. The IRS has only recently issued the final FATCA regulations on Canadian financial institutions to comply with FATCA in violation of our own privacy laws, and if the US attempts to enforce FATCA against them, we must vigorously respond and seek legal remedy as is our right Party of Canada’s backgrounder on FATCA Media Contact:Stéphane VigneaultCommunications Coordinator

la remLa mise en œuvre du FATCA est probablement anticonstitutionnelle prévient un constitutionaliste

Tax | Green Party of CanadaSkip to NavigationHome /TaxLiz May sounds alarm over privacy in tax deal with U.S.30 January 2013 - 1:22pmPublication Source: iPoliticsSource Link: View the full original article >>Author: Olesia PlokhiiGreen Party leader Elizabeth May is calling on Canada to avoid being party to a U.S. law seeking to collect financial information on Canadians, arguing that it amounts to a violation of privacy.Her appeal comes on the heels of regulations released by the U.S. Treasury Department mandating that foreign financial institutions report information on American taxpayers investing money abroad – the result of a major effort to crack down on tax evasion."I continue to hold (Finance Minister Jim) Flaherty to his commitment to protect Canadians from the extra-territorial application of U.S. law," May wrote in an email to iPolitics about the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. "FATCA is moving fast down a track that violates our rights as Canadian citizens."View the full original article

. law," May wrote in an email to iPolitics about the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. "FATCA is

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;informationNote d’information : le Canada et le FATCA

Perception d’impôt extraterritoriale > (FATCA). Le gouvernement du Canada doit protéger nos citoyens et nos résidents contre des en novembre qu’il négociait un accord intergouvernemental portant sur le FATCA, mais les modalités de la version finale des règlements d’application du FATCA.

Le gouvernement des États‑Unis a canadienne des libertés civiles et d’autres organisations quant aux impacts du FATCA sur les droits des citoyens et résidents canadiens. Les coûts qu'entrainerait le FATCA pour les institutions et les et de déterminer si un tel accord et le FATCA servent les intérêts du Canada.