US IRS updates FATCA IDES user guide, releases ICMM report notifications guides

The US IRS, on March 5, announced it has updated the FATCA international data exchange service (IDES) user guide to add user enhancements and additional instructions.

The IRS also said that that a sample enveloping signature file for use in IDES data preparation has been added to the IRS website.

Also, the IRS released two international compliance management model (ICMM) report notifications guides on March 4:  the “FATCA Reports International Compliance Management Model (ICMM) Notifications User Guide” and the “FATCA Reports International Compliance Management Model (ICMM) Notification XML Schema v1.4 User Guide.”

See:

• IDES User Guide

• IRS website – Digital Signatures for Data Preparation 

• FATCA Reports International Compliance Management Model (ICMM) Notifications User Guide

• FATCA Reports International Compliance Management Model (ICMM) Notification XML Schema v1.4 User Guide