The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is fundamental as it affects how you report your finances, especially as an expat abroad. FATCA is why you may need to file a Report of Foreign Bank and ...
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over non-US financial accounts now have until April 15, 2023 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. This extended filing ...
The Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account, or FBAR, is an annual informational tax report that must be filed by certain U.S. individuals and legal entities to report their foreign bank accounts ...
Missing any deadline is stressful. But missing a tax deadline is more so. Per the Bank Secrecy Act (Title 31 of the U.S. Code), certain taxpayers must file so-called FBARs (currently FinCEN Form ...
The IRS received a significant increase in operating funds after Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in mid-2022. More recently, on September 8, 2023, the IRS announced that it would use ...
The IRS announced Friday in Notice 2009-62 that it is extending for certain taxpayers the due date for filing calendar year 2008 Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) ...
The maximum civil penalty for non-willful failure to comply with FBAR reporting requirements is $10,000. 1 However, additional penalties may apply for willful violations. Penalties for a willful ...
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On Feb. 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Bittner v. United States, which focused on the correct penalty amount for non-willful violations of the foreign bank and financial ...
The FBAR is an annual disclosure of overseas financial holdings mandated under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). It aims to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and tax evasion by requiring a ...
A Florida jury handed the estate of a Texaco heiress, Lavern N. Gaynor, an $18 million Valentine’s Day boon by deciding that her failure to timely file report of foreign bank and financial accounts ...
A district court held that the government violated a taxpayer’s Seventh Amendment right to a civil jury trial in an FBAR case ...