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Hearing Hearing Date: April 26, 2017 2:00 pm 2154 RHOB

Reviewing the Unintended Consequences of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

Subject
Reviewing the Unintended Consequences of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Date
April 26, 2017
Time
2:00 pm
Place
2154 RHOB

PURPOSE:

  • To examine the effects of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on the U.S. and international economy, as well as potential legislative remedies.

BACKGROUND:

  • Signed into law in 2010, FATCA requires non-U.S. financial institutions to report assets and identities of U.S. citizens with non-U.S. financial accounts to the Internal Revenue Service.
  • As a result, many foreign banks have stopped serving U.S. citizens, and record numbers of Americans have renounced their citizenship.
  • Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and five expatriates filed a lawsuit claiming FATCA constitutes an unconstitutional breach of privacy, as well as an illegal treaty

Witnesses and testimonies: The Honorable Rand Paul

U.S. Senator
State of Kentucky

Mr. James Bopp, Jr.

Attorney
The Bopp Law Firm, PC

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Mr. Mark Crawford

Director
AKSIONER International Security Brokerage

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Mr. Daniel Kuettel

Former U.S. citizen living in Switzerland who renounced his U.S. citizenship due to FATCA


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Ms. Elise Bean

Washington Co-Director
Levin Center at Wayne Law Wayne State University

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