Germany: FATCA newsletter outlines XML reporting, technical interface migration, and form storage issues
FATCA Newsletter 04/2026
The Federal Central Tax Office of Germany (BZSt) on June 1, 2026, issued FATCA Newsletter 04/2026, which introduces the following administrative and technical updates for reporting financial institutions.
- Mid-July 2026 introduction of extensible markup language (XML) upload functionality for portal submissions
- Technical transition of the customer test environment to a new technical interface (DIP) effective June 1, 2026
- Ongoing technical investigation into online portal form storage issues
Read a June 2026 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Germany