Foreign Accounts Compliance Blog

New Law Expands U.S. Government’s Discovery of Americans’ Foreign Accounts

The United States taxes its citizens and residents (“U.S. persons”) on their worldwide income.  U.S. persons commonly used foreign financial ...
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Americans’ Interests in Foreign Accounts Reportable on Form 8938

The United States taxes its citizens and residents on their worldwide income.  Accordingly, the U.S. Internal Revenue Code requires U.S. ...
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The FBAR Filing Requirement

The United States taxes its citizens and residents on their worldwide income.  To evade U.S. income tax, U.S. taxpayers were ...
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Foreign Accounts Compliance Update

The first thing a taxpayer should do who is out of compliance with United States laws concerning foreign financial accounts ...
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VDP—IRS’ Updated Voluntary Disclosure Practice

The Internal Revenue Service ended its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (“OVDP”) effective September 28, 2018. Since then the IRS has ...
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Offshore Accounts Remain IRS Enforcement Priority

At the American Bar Association Taxation Section’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in May, 2019, IRS representatives said the IRS ...
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Streamlined Procedures for Foreign Accounts Compliance

Posted on: January 9, 2019 | By: Dunn Counsel |  Bank Secrecy Act, Paths to Compliance, Streamlined Procedures, The FBAR Filing Requirement, Uncategorized Many Americans become ...
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International Information Returns

The United States taxes its citizens and residents on their worldwide income.  The Internal Revenue Service requires U.S. taxpayers to ...
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Americans’ Interests in Foreign Partnerships Reportable on Form 8865

A U.S. taxpayer whose interest in a foreign partnership meets a specified threshold must file with his U.S. income tax ...
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Forms 3520 and 3520-A and the Grantor Trust Rules

The United States taxes its citizens and residents on their worldwide income.  To ascertain U.S. taxpayers’ foreign income, the Internal ...
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