The Philippines and the United States have signed a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) agreement on 13 July 2015. This is a Model 1 Agreement. Under this reciprocal agreement, the Philippines will report the information required under FATCA about U.S. accounts to the Philippines Government, which in turn will report the information to the IRS.
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