
It's Official - America Now Enforces Capital Controls
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2010 14:27 -0500
· President Obama
· Switzerland
It couldn't have happened to a nicer country. On March 18, with very little pomp and circumstance, president Obama passed the most recent stimulus act, the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2487), brilliantly goalseeked by the administration's millionaire cronies to abbreviate as HIRE. As it was merely the latest in an endless stream of acts destined to expand the government payroll to infinity, nobody cared about it, or actually read it. Because if anyone had read it, the act would have been known as the Capital Controls Act, as one of the lesser, but infinitely more important provisions on page 27, known as Offset Provisions - Subtitle A—Foreign Account Tax Compliance, institutes just that. In brief, the Provision requires that foreign banks not only withhold 30% of all outgoing capital flows (likely remitting the collection promptly back to the US Treasury) but also disclose the full details of non-exempt account-holders to the US and the IRS. And should this provision be deemed illegal by a given foreign nation's domestic laws (think Switzerland), well the foreign financial institution is required to close the account. It's the law. If you thought you could move your capital to the non-sequestration safety of non-US financial institutions, sorry you lose - the law now says so. Capital Controls are now here and are now fully enforced by the law.
Let's parse through the just passed law, which has been mentioned by exactly zero mainstream media outlets.
Here is the default new state of capital outflows:
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after chapter 3 the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 4—TAXES TO ENFORCE REPORTING ON CERTAIN FOREIGN ACCOUNTS‘‘Sec. 1471. Withholdable payments to foreign financial institutions.‘‘Sec. 1472. Withholdable payments to other foreign entities.‘‘Sec. 1473. Definitions.‘‘Sec. 1474. Special rules.‘‘SEC. 1471. WITHHOLDABLE PAYMENTS TO FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any withholdable payment to a foreign financial institution which does not meet the requirements of subsection (b), the withholding agent with respect to such payment shall deduct and withhold from such payment a tax equal to 30 percent of the amount of such payment.
Clarifying who this law applies to:
‘‘(C) in the case of any United States account maintained by such institution, to report on an annual basis the information described in subsection (c) with respect to such account,‘‘(D) to deduct and withhold a tax equal to 30 percent of—
‘‘(i) any passthru payment which is made by such institution to a recalcitrant account holder or another foreign financial institution which does not meet the requirements of this subsection, and
‘‘(ii) in the case of any passthru payment which is made by such institution to a foreign financial institution which has in effect an election under paragraph (3) with respect to such payment, so much of such payment as is allocable to accounts held by recalcitrant account holders or foreign financial institutions which do not meet the requirements of this subsection.
What happens if this brand new law impinges and/or is in blatant contradiction with existing foreign laws?
‘‘(F) in any case in which any foreign law would (but for a waiver described in clause (i)) prevent the reporting of any information referred to in this subsection or subsection (c) with respect to any United States account maintained by such institution—
‘‘(i) to attempt to obtain a valid and effective waiver of such law from each holder of such account, and‘‘(ii) if a waiver described in clause (i) is not obtained from each such holder within a reasonable period of time, to close such account.
Not only are capital flows now to be overseen and controlled by the government and the IRS, but holders of foreign accounts can kiss any semblance of privacy goodbye:
‘‘(c) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED ON UNITED STATES ACCOUNTS.—‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agreement described in subsection (b) shall require the foreign financial institution to report the following with respect to each United States account maintained by such institution:‘‘(A) The name, address, and TIN of each account holder which is a specified United States person and, in the case of any account holder which is a United States owned foreign entity, the name, address, and TIN of each substantial United States owner of such entity.‘‘(B) The account number.‘‘(C) The account balance or value (determined at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may provide).‘‘(D) Except to the extent provided by the Secretary, the gross receipts and gross withdrawals or payments from the account (determined for such period and in such manner as the Secretary may provide).
The only exemption to the rule? If you hold the meager sum of $50,000 or less in foreign accounts.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS.—Unless the foreign financial institution elects to not have this subparagraph apply, such term shall not include any depository account maintained by such financial institution if—‘‘(i) each holder of such account is a natural person,and‘‘(ii) with respect to each holder of such account, the aggregate value of all depository accounts held (in whole or in part) by such holder and maintained by the same financial institution which maintains such account does not exceed $50,000.
And, while we are on the topic of definitions, here is how "financial account" is defined by the US:
‘‘(2) FINANCIAL ACCOUNT.—Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, the term ‘financial account’ means, with respect to any financial institution—‘‘(A) any depository account maintained by such financial institution,‘‘(B) any custodial account maintained by such financial institution, and‘‘(C) any equity or debt interest in such financial institution (other than interests which are regularly traded on an established securities market). Any equity or debt interest which constitutes a financial account under subparagraph (C) with respect to any financial institution shall be treated for purposes of this section as maintained by such financial institution.
In case you find you do not like to be subject to capital controls, you are now deemed a "Recalcitrant Account Holder."
‘‘(6) RECALCITRANT ACCOUNT HOLDER.—The term ‘recalcitrant account holder’ means any account holder which—‘‘(A) fails to comply with reasonable requests for the information referred to in subsection (b)(1)(A) or (c)(1)(A),or ‘‘(B) fails to provide a waiver described in subsection (b)(1)(F) upon request.
But guess what - if you are a foreign Central Bank, or if the Secretary determined that you are "a low risk for tax evasion" (unlike the Secretary himself) you still can do whatever the hell you want:
‘‘(f) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any payment to the extent that the beneficial ownerof such payment is—‘‘(1) any foreign government, any political subdivision of a foreign government, or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing, ‘‘(2) any international organization or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality thereof,‘‘(3) any foreign central bank of issue, or‘‘(4) any other class of persons identified by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection as posing a low risk of tax evasion.
One thing we are confused about is whether this law is a preamble, or already incorporates, the flow of non-cash assets, such as commodities, and, thus, gold. If an account transfers, via physical or paper delivery, gold from a domestic account to a foreign one, we are not sure if the language deems this a 30% taxable transaction, although preliminary discussions with lawyers indicates this is likely the case.
And so the noose on capital mobility tightens, as very soon the only option US citizens have when it comes to investing their money, will be in government mandated retirement annuities, which will likely be the next step in the capital control escalation, which will culminate with every single free dollar required to be reinvested into the US, likely in the form of purchasing US Treasury emissions such as Treasuries, TIPS and other worthless pieces of paper.
Congratulations bankrupt America - you are now one step closer to a thoroughly non-free market.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2010 14:27 -0500
· President Obama
· Switzerland
It couldn't have happened to a nicer country. On March 18, with very little pomp and circumstance, president Obama passed the most recent stimulus act, the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2487), brilliantly goalseeked by the administration's millionaire cronies to abbreviate as HIRE. As it was merely the latest in an endless stream of acts destined to expand the government payroll to infinity, nobody cared about it, or actually read it. Because if anyone had read it, the act would have been known as the Capital Controls Act, as one of the lesser, but infinitely more important provisions on page 27, known as Offset Provisions - Subtitle A—Foreign Account Tax Compliance, institutes just that. In brief, the Provision requires that foreign banks not only withhold 30% of all outgoing capital flows (likely remitting the collection promptly back to the US Treasury) but also disclose the full details of non-exempt account-holders to the US and the IRS. And should this provision be deemed illegal by a given foreign nation's domestic laws (think Switzerland), well the foreign financial institution is required to close the account. It's the law. If you thought you could move your capital to the non-sequestration safety of non-US financial institutions, sorry you lose - the law now says so. Capital Controls are now here and are now fully enforced by the law.
Let's parse through the just passed law, which has been mentioned by exactly zero mainstream media outlets.
Here is the default new state of capital outflows:
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after chapter 3 the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 4—TAXES TO ENFORCE REPORTING ON CERTAIN FOREIGN ACCOUNTS‘‘Sec. 1471. Withholdable payments to foreign financial institutions.‘‘Sec. 1472. Withholdable payments to other foreign entities.‘‘Sec. 1473. Definitions.‘‘Sec. 1474. Special rules.‘‘SEC. 1471. WITHHOLDABLE PAYMENTS TO FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any withholdable payment to a foreign financial institution which does not meet the requirements of subsection (b), the withholding agent with respect to such payment shall deduct and withhold from such payment a tax equal to 30 percent of the amount of such payment.
Clarifying who this law applies to:
‘‘(C) in the case of any United States account maintained by such institution, to report on an annual basis the information described in subsection (c) with respect to such account,‘‘(D) to deduct and withhold a tax equal to 30 percent of—
‘‘(i) any passthru payment which is made by such institution to a recalcitrant account holder or another foreign financial institution which does not meet the requirements of this subsection, and
‘‘(ii) in the case of any passthru payment which is made by such institution to a foreign financial institution which has in effect an election under paragraph (3) with respect to such payment, so much of such payment as is allocable to accounts held by recalcitrant account holders or foreign financial institutions which do not meet the requirements of this subsection.
What happens if this brand new law impinges and/or is in blatant contradiction with existing foreign laws?
‘‘(F) in any case in which any foreign law would (but for a waiver described in clause (i)) prevent the reporting of any information referred to in this subsection or subsection (c) with respect to any United States account maintained by such institution—
‘‘(i) to attempt to obtain a valid and effective waiver of such law from each holder of such account, and‘‘(ii) if a waiver described in clause (i) is not obtained from each such holder within a reasonable period of time, to close such account.
Not only are capital flows now to be overseen and controlled by the government and the IRS, but holders of foreign accounts can kiss any semblance of privacy goodbye:
‘‘(c) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED ON UNITED STATES ACCOUNTS.—‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agreement described in subsection (b) shall require the foreign financial institution to report the following with respect to each United States account maintained by such institution:‘‘(A) The name, address, and TIN of each account holder which is a specified United States person and, in the case of any account holder which is a United States owned foreign entity, the name, address, and TIN of each substantial United States owner of such entity.‘‘(B) The account number.‘‘(C) The account balance or value (determined at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may provide).‘‘(D) Except to the extent provided by the Secretary, the gross receipts and gross withdrawals or payments from the account (determined for such period and in such manner as the Secretary may provide).
The only exemption to the rule? If you hold the meager sum of $50,000 or less in foreign accounts.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS.—Unless the foreign financial institution elects to not have this subparagraph apply, such term shall not include any depository account maintained by such financial institution if—‘‘(i) each holder of such account is a natural person,and‘‘(ii) with respect to each holder of such account, the aggregate value of all depository accounts held (in whole or in part) by such holder and maintained by the same financial institution which maintains such account does not exceed $50,000.
And, while we are on the topic of definitions, here is how "financial account" is defined by the US:
‘‘(2) FINANCIAL ACCOUNT.—Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, the term ‘financial account’ means, with respect to any financial institution—‘‘(A) any depository account maintained by such financial institution,‘‘(B) any custodial account maintained by such financial institution, and‘‘(C) any equity or debt interest in such financial institution (other than interests which are regularly traded on an established securities market). Any equity or debt interest which constitutes a financial account under subparagraph (C) with respect to any financial institution shall be treated for purposes of this section as maintained by such financial institution.
In case you find you do not like to be subject to capital controls, you are now deemed a "Recalcitrant Account Holder."
‘‘(6) RECALCITRANT ACCOUNT HOLDER.—The term ‘recalcitrant account holder’ means any account holder which—‘‘(A) fails to comply with reasonable requests for the information referred to in subsection (b)(1)(A) or (c)(1)(A),or ‘‘(B) fails to provide a waiver described in subsection (b)(1)(F) upon request.
But guess what - if you are a foreign Central Bank, or if the Secretary determined that you are "a low risk for tax evasion" (unlike the Secretary himself) you still can do whatever the hell you want:
‘‘(f) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any payment to the extent that the beneficial ownerof such payment is—‘‘(1) any foreign government, any political subdivision of a foreign government, or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing, ‘‘(2) any international organization or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality thereof,‘‘(3) any foreign central bank of issue, or‘‘(4) any other class of persons identified by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection as posing a low risk of tax evasion.
One thing we are confused about is whether this law is a preamble, or already incorporates, the flow of non-cash assets, such as commodities, and, thus, gold. If an account transfers, via physical or paper delivery, gold from a domestic account to a foreign one, we are not sure if the language deems this a 30% taxable transaction, although preliminary discussions with lawyers indicates this is likely the case.
And so the noose on capital mobility tightens, as very soon the only option US citizens have when it comes to investing their money, will be in government mandated retirement annuities, which will likely be the next step in the capital control escalation, which will culminate with every single free dollar required to be reinvested into the US, likely in the form of purchasing US Treasury emissions such as Treasuries, TIPS and other worthless pieces of paper.
Congratulations bankrupt America - you are now one step closer to a thoroughly non-free market.




Bankster Goldman $uck$

El mundo se empieza a agitar con la recién iniciada crisis monetaria y fiscal de los países mediterráneos de la Europa moderna, algunos sitúan sus orígenes en la crisis helénica de la dinastía Papandreu, otros visualizan el origen en las épocas antiguas del Imperio Romano de Oriente, que tenia de capital a Constantinopla, y el Cesar Constantino, el gran reformador de los vastos territorios de Oriente y Occidente, los de oriente, manejados por los turcos otomanos que llegaban al hoy conflictivo Afganistán, el aguerrido Irak (Babilonia), el astuto imperio asirio-fenicio, y Galilea (Israel y Palestina), fue el que permitió la transición religiosa hacia el cristianismo, y refundó Bizancio, que se renombró Constantinopla (hoy Estambul), hay que recordar que el imperio romano estaba ya casi en agonía con tantas luchas intestinas, Constantino se declaró Emperador en Eboracum (hoy ciudad de York en Inglaterra), solo para tratar de comprender que las raíces de la crisis están allá en la Isla de Albión. La moneda única en la era Constantino, fue el Crismon, o moneda de cristo, usualmente admitido es la representación del monograma de Cristo XP. Consiste en las letras griegas Χ (ji) y Ρ (ro) (abreviatura de XPΙΣΤΟΣ, Cristo), superpuestas. Según otras versiones, la letra Ρ (ro) se sustituye por la letra Τ (tau) o por una pequeña cruz latina. El crismón puede completarse añadiendo otros elementos como las letras alfa (α) y omega (Ω) que representan el principio y fin de todas las cosas, como lo es también en esta religión Cristo. El cristograma empezó a aparecer en las monedas romanas después del Edicto de Milán (313) con el que Constantino establecía la libertad de culto para los cristianos. Se dice que el Vaticano fue originalmente concebido en Inglaterra, luego pasa a Francia y finalmente se asienta en Roma, y que parte de la fortaleza vaticana está ligada al franco suizo (la guardia suiza es la guardia personal del Papa). El poder de las monedas, las nuevas guerras del Siglo XXI, está concentrado en unas cuantas, el Dólar Hegemónico o USD basando su fuerza en el Patrón Dólar que no permite convertibilidad con el oro, desde los Acuerdos del Smithsonian de 1971, en donde prácticamente Estados Unidos se robó el oro del mundo, teoría desarrollada por el Dr en Economía, George Schultz, asesor de la dupla infernal Nixon-Kissinger; la Libra Esterlina, basando su fuerza en la British Commonwealth (India, Reino Unido-Inglaterra, Escocia, Gales e Irlanda del Norte-,Canadá, Australia, Nueva Zelanda, Hong Kong, Singapur, Kenia, Sudáfrica, y Las Bahamas-centro financiero mundial con 400 bancos globales, dedicado al lavado de dinero y la evasión de impuestos), el Euro que nació prácticamente en el 2000 con los acuerdos de Maastrich, actualmente la Unión Europea agrupa a 27 naciones, pero el euro solo lo han adoptado 16 países bajo la dirección del Banco Central Europeo (BCE) asentado en Frankfurt, Alemania, el Eurosistema monetario está formado por el BCE y los Bancos Centrales Nacionales de los 16 Estados miembros que han adoptado el Euro hasta ahora (Alemania, Austria, Bélgica, España, Francia, Finlandia, Grecia, Irlanda, Italia, Luxemburgo, Países Bajos, Portugal, Eslovenia, Chipre, Malta y Eslovaquia) y la Cámara de Compensación (CEDEL) está localizada en Bruselas, Bélgica, la capital política de la Unión Europea, que maneja el sistema SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions, con ISO 9362, también conocido como SWIFT code, SWIFT-BIC o SWIFT-ID) o código internacional de identificación bancaria (BIC) que permite identificar de forma única a cada entidad de crédito y/o sus oficinas, agrupa a mas de 10,000 bancos mundiales. Código entidad de crédito: son 4 caracteres identificativos de la institución financiera a nivel mundial. Código país: son 2 caracteres que identifican al país (o territorio geográfico) donde está ubicada la unidad central de negocio de la entidad de crédito. Código localidad: son 2 caracteres identificativos de la región o ciudad donde está ubicada la unidad central de negocio de la entidad de crédito. Código oficina: son 3 caracteres que identifican una determinada oficina o departamento de la institución financiera. 
