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Germany in no hurry to sign its Fatca IGA, expert says

One of the original five Fatca partners likely to take its time over signing IGA, expert warns

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Germany is in no hurry to sign its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an industry expert has warned. The jurisdiction is one of the original so-called five Fatca partner countries of the US, but it is yet to sign an IGA with the US.

Of the original five – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK – only Spain and

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