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 to opt out of the
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 January this year. “We continue
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 income or assets, generally in
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 it would allow some U.S.
