Join our complimentary seminar “FATCA Update – Are you ready to start reporting?” on
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
8:00am to 11:00am
The British Colonial Hilton
In an informative update led by Ms. Susan Grbic of WeiserMazars and Mr. Brian Beveridge of MNP, these speakers will seek to provide key answers to practical questions that has surrounded the pending FATCA reform. They will provide expert information on the recent IRS notices, the way FATCA reporting will work for the FI’s, and what you need to do to ensure your organization is compliant and ready.
Life in an IGA country: a FATCA update on top issues and survival strategies
Susan Grbic, Partner of WeiserMazars
Now that the Bahamas has reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. it’s time to focus on how the reporting will work. There are key issues to be aware of, and traps for the unwary. Susan Grbic will focus on issues of primary importance to Bahamian FIs, including changes to the on-boarding process, remediation of pre-existing accounts, due diligence procedures and reporting.
Getting your FI ready for FATCA reporting with the Government of the Bahamas.
Brian Beveridge, Partner of MNP, LLP
Brian Beveridge will provide an overview on what IGA Countries need to do for FATCA reporting compliance and how you can prepare and streamline your information, processes, and systems to be ready.
This complimentary breakfast session is ideal for professionals in compliance, banking, trust and the accounting fields.
Our Speakers:
SUSAN GRBIC, MBA, CPA, JD, LLM
Partner, WeiserMazars
Susan is WeiserMazars’ Tax Global Business Unit Sub-group leader for both Financial Services and FATCA. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry focusing principally on significant cross-border transactions including inbound and outbound investment, international and corporate tax planning, and the tax treatment of complex financial products, hybrid instruments and capital markets transactions. She specializes in tax issues concerning financial services clients, including banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity firms, and regulated investment companies.
Prior to joining WeiserMazars, Susan was Head of Tax for the Americas at Barclays Capital. In that capacity, she established a best practices tax function which introduced a new product approval process for the banking and trading operations and included tax reporting (US GAAP and IFRS), SOX risk assessment, tax compliance (including oversight of information reporting), transfer pricing and managing and favorably resolving a large case federal tax examination with the Internal Revenue Service. She was also responsible for the tax efficient structuring of the acquisition of the Lehman North American operations. During this time, Susan worked on several projects with the U.S. Treasury regarding the taxation of structured notes as well as with industry groups regarding the tax treatment of prepaid forwards and equity swaps.
As part of Citigroup’s corporate and investment bank, Susan was responsible for global tax support and tax oversight of the equity, fixed income, asset finance and investment banking divisions. She implemented improved trading activities guidelines and advised traders on a variety of equity and credit market trading strategies.
Prior to Citigroup, Susan was a Director with Credit Suisse First Boston where she concentrated on the taxation of financial products, corporate tax planning and post-acquisition restructuring and integration. She was also principally responsible for tax issues relating to financial products, international tax planning and structuring of the firm’s global expansion and foreign tax credit utilization.
Susan received her B.B.A., awarded magna cum laude, and M.B.A., awarded with distinction and honors thesis, from Pace University; her J.D., awarded cum laude, from Suffolk University and her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. She is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts Bars and is licensed as a CPA in New York State. She is an active member of the New York State Bar Association as well as of the Wall Street Tax Association.
BRIAN BEVERIDGE, CMC
Partner, MNP LLC
Brian is a Partner and co-Leader of MNP’s Technology Consulting service line. Brian consults on Information Technology (IT) issues, delivering innovative solutions to a wide range of clients across Canada, including organizations in the government, insurance, education, health care, retail, high-tech, mining and manufacturing sectors.
Brian is an accomplished consultant with an exceptional ability to understand and bridge the worlds of business and IT to determine effective approaches to complex and ambiguous problems. With 30 years of industry experience in business, technical and application environments, he delivers solid results and is adept at helping organizations streamline processes, improve customer service and realize benefits. His areas of expertise include project management and oversight, system architecture, business intelligence and analytics, and business and systems analysis.
Brian was co-founder and principal consultant of Greenridge, an IT services and solutions company that merged with MNP in 2011. His expertise has been applied within Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia managing projects that involve complex interactions with clients, vendors, and services delivery teams – often involving the development and ownership of technology intellectual property. His project experience has been applied nationally and internationally with high-profile clients such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Procter and Gamble and public sector organizations such as Government of Canada, provincial governments and government agencies in Europe.
To register, please email Keithra.Sherman@KRyS-Global.com