Germany: Updated FATCA guidance
FATCA Newsletter 07/2026
The Federal Central Tax Office of Germany (BZSt) on August 5, 2026, issued FATCA Newsletter 07/2026, which includes the following updates:
- Upcoming changes to the FATCA processing protocol schema
- Additional guidance on FATCA XML submissions
- Resolution of FATCA form saving issues
- Information on session-related errors in FATCA forms
- No extension of the FATCA reporting deadline
- Response to common inquiries
Read an August 2026 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Germany