The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires taxpayers to report certain foreign assets. This requirement has led to many questions, including what should you do if you have a foreign asset? Can you come into compliance without facing serious penalties? In short yes,...
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IRS continues its crackdown on need to report foreign assets
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has taken the failure to disclose foreign assets very seriously. Taxpayers that neglect to disclose this information can face serious fines and potential criminal charges. Who needs to file and FBAR? The United States government...
What you need to know about the Panama & Paradise Papers
Yet another leak has caught the media’s attention. This one primarily focuses on clients of a firm that specialized in aiding the wealthy with asset management. The leak has earned the moniker “The Paradise Papers” due to its connection with offshore accounts in the...
What you need to know about the Panama & Paradise Papers
Yet another leak has caught the media’s attention. This one primarily focuses on clients of a firm that specialized in aiding the wealthy with asset management. The leak has earned the moniker “The Paradise Papers” due to its connection with offshore accounts in the...
Israel’s Highest Court Approves Transfer of Financial Information to United States
As we wrote recently, the Supreme Court of Israel was considering a challenge to the legality of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA. FATCA is a U.S. law under which banks and other financial institutions outside the United States are required to report...
Supreme Court of Israel temporarily delays transfer of tax information to United States
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, has major implications for people with dual citizenship in Israel and the United States. Under FATCA, foreign financial institutions are to provide account information for taxpayers holding more than $50,000 in foreign...
More than half of bank FATCA filings have mistakes
If you have foreign bank accounts, you are probably already aware of how important it is to report these accounts to the U.S. Government. Under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), any United States person (citizen or resident) who has a financial interest in or signature...
The IRS Is Changing Its Approach to Business Audits
The IRS has devoted fewer resources to auditing business taxpayers in recent years. While this fact is cold comfort to any company that has endured or is enduring IRS scrutiny, the fact remains that the IRS has not devoted the time or personnel to business audits that...