Statutory guidance

UK-US Automatic Exchange of Information Agreement (FATCA)

Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) approach to The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) aiming to improve tax evasion between the UK and US.

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A model intergovernmental agreement (IGA) was developed and published in July 2012. The UK and the US signed an IGA to improve international tax compliance and to implement FATCA in September 2012.

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Published 8 September 2014
Last updated 30 May 2025 show all updates
  1. 鈥楻elated Agreement 2019: To improve international tax compliance and implement FATCA鈥 has been added. In 鈥楿K-US Automatic Exchange of Information Agreement鈥, the links in the current documents section have been updated.

  2. The UK - US Automatic Exchange of Information Agreement has been updated.

  3. First published.

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