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Month: May 2012

OVDI: Requesting issuance of a FBAR warning letter instead of penalties

29 May, 2012

In a Tax Notes Today report of statements made at the Eastern Pennsylvania Working Together Conference in Malvern, PA, Jason Kuratnick, IRS Associate Area Counsel (Philadelphia), Small Business / Self-Employed Division is reported to have

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Opting-out of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative: FBAR Penalty Mitigation Guidelines

19 May, 2012

Depending on the circumstances, we sometimes recommend some taxpayers to opt out of the voluntary disclosure initiative and allow us to demonstrate the absence of willfulness and avoid the normal FBAR penalty regime. We have

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The legal standard of “willfulness”: Opt out to avoid high penalties

1 May, 2012

Under IRS Form 1040, at the bottom of Schedule B, Part III, on Page 2, Question 7(a) states: “at any time during the previous year, did you have any interest in or signatory or other

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