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Month: July 2012

Opting Out of the OVDI Program: Argue for No Penalty and a Warning Letter

27 July, 2012

The revised IRS OVDP FAQs offer helpful guidance on the opt-out option. The newly revised FAQs illustrate the pros and cons of opting out with examples. Depending on the circumstances, we sometimes recommend some clients

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IRS collects over $5 billion in its its offshore voluntary disclosure programs

21 July, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that its offshore voluntary disclosure programs (OVDPs) have collected more than $5 billion, and that it has tightened the eligibility requirements of the third program it opened in

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Full Analysis of Updated 2012 OVDP Program

15 July, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service announced on June 26, 2012 (IR-2012-64) that it is tightening eligibility requirements for the open-ended offshore voluntary disclosure program (2012 OVDP) that it announced in January 2012 for taxpayers with unreported

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IRS offers tax opportunity to Americans living abroad

11 July, 2012

Many Americans (including US citizens and US green card holders) living abroad will get a small reprieve from U.S. Internal Revenue Service rules on reporting foreign assets, the agency announced on Tuesday. The IRS said

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