Earlier this month on April 11, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice IR-2014-52 reminding U.S. citizens and resident aliens, including those with dual citizenship who have lived or worked abroad during all or part of 2013,
By April 30, 2014, unless granted a 60-day extension, all Swiss banks participating in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) amnesty program will be required to provide substantial client information on its US account holders.
12 years ago the IRS created the first-time penalty abatement administrative waiver (FTA), which allows typically compliant individual and business taxpayers to request abatement, or removal, of certain penalties that the IRS has assessed against them
The IRS’ Large Business & International division has issued a series of directives that streamline its information document request (IDR) process by establishing stricter deadlines and requiring the agency to issue highly specific information requests.
According to a DOJ Tax Press Release, here, the IRS has arrested a U.S. Citizen and two Canadian citizens who offered enabler services to U.S. taxpayers. They were caught in a classic IRS sting operation. Here
