U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Mr Patrick H. Gaspard and South African Minister of Finance, Mr Nhlanhla Nene signed an intergovernmental agreement, on June 9, 2014, to improve international tax compliance and to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
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