IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program to End Soon
IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program to End Soon
Tax Court Rules for Taxpayer on Statute of Limitations Issue Related to Foreign Assets Reporting
In Rafizadeh v. Commissioner, 150 T.C. No. 1, the Tax Court issued an important decision for the taxpayers, holding that the six-year statute of limitations with respect to income attributable to certain “specified foreign financial assets”, is effective only for those tax years to which the reporting requirement was applicable and in effect.
Southern California Residents Sentenced to Prison for Hiding Millions of Dollars in Secret Foreign Bank Accounts
Three Orange County, California residents were sentenced to prison today for willfully failing to file Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBAR), disclosing their secret accounts in Switzerland and Israel.
New Due Date for Filing Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBAR) in 2017
Beginning this year, reporting for the 2016 calendar year, the due date for filing Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBAR) changes from June 30th (which applied to all the previous tax years) to the same filing deadline as individual income tax returns, April 15.
IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Status and Recent Developments
According to the new data, 55,800 taxpayers have come into the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) to resolve their tax obligations, paying more than $9.9 billion in taxes, interest and penalties since 2009.
Is Asia the Next Front in the Fight Against Secret Offshore Accounts?
Showing that the IRS fight against secret offshore bank accounts is truly global, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service are trying to force a Singapore bank to disclose its information about an account held by a U.S. citizen residing in China.