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Day: December 19, 2019

Reasonable Cause Defense Denied: FBAR Penalties Assessed by Court

19 December, 2019

  In the recent 2019 case U.S. v. Ram Agrawal, a US District Court rejected a taxpayer’s reasonable cause defense against foreign bank account reports (FBARs) penalties. It ruled in favor of the government to

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