Igor Drabkin to Speak at the FBAR Seminar
Igor Drabkin to Speak at the FBAR Seminar
Israeli Bank Requires U.S. Taxpayers to Disclose Accounts
In response to increased scrutiny of offshore bank accounts by U.S. authorities, Bank Leumi, Israel’s biggest bank, is requiring U.S. clients to declare their deposits to the IRS.
Holtz, Slavett & Drabkin to Participate in the 26th UCLA Tax Controversy Institute
Holtz, Slavett & Drabkin, APLC is proud to sponsor the 26th Annual UCLA Tax Controversy Institute, which will take place on October 26, 2010, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Government Fails to Prove that Taxpayer “Willfully” Concealed Offshore Bank Accounts
In a recent case of United States v. J. Bryan Williams, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that the government had failed to meet its burden to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that a taxpayer willfully failed to report his interest in a foreign bank accounts that were omitted from the individual’s 2000 tax return.
Switzerland Begins Providing Account Information of Thousand of UBS Clients to U.S.
On August 26, 2010, the Swiss government said it had reviewed approximately 4,450 UBS client accounts and that half of the data had already been handed over to the United States.