IRS Requesting Competent Authority Assistance Under the US-France Tax Convention

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SIFMA and the Investment Company Institute (ICI) provide comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting competent authority assistance under the US-France Tax Convention (Convention) and seeking and interpretation of the Convention to determine whether the convention provides an exemption from the French Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) from certain transactions in French stock, or in American Depository Receipts (ADRs) with underlying French stock, executed in the U.S.

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Government Relations & Communications

Date

December

2012

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IRS Requesting Competent Authority Assistance Under the US-France Tax Convention

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Modernizing Communications and Record Retention Rules for Broker-Dealers,Investment Advisers, and Security-Based Swap Dealers (SIFMA and SIFMA AMG)

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Proposed Rule Change to Amend the Exchange’s Rules to Enable the Trading of Securities on the Exchange in Tokenized Form

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Notice of Filing of an Application for Registration as a Clearing Agency Under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SIFMA, SIFMA AMG and ICI)