India and the United States have signed a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) agreement on 09 July 2015. This is a Model 1 Agreement. Under this reciprocal agreement, financial institutions in India will report the information required under FATCA about U.S. accounts to the Indian Government, which in turn will report the information to the IRS.
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