US passport and green-card has lost its glamour
A US passport or green-card is losing its glamour and appeal. Some people are surrendering their prized green cards because of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which...
A US passport or green-card is losing its glamour and appeal. Some people are surrendering their prized green cards because of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which...
The US Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (the Act) has changed the filing date for the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR),...
...such as a Form 5471, to disclose that ownership. A U.S. person with an ownership interest in a foreign account may need to file a FBAR Form FinCEN 114. This...
...the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which will allow automatic exchange of tax information between the two countries this year. FATCA is an important part of the US government’s...
...those with children eligible for the additional child tax credit and those interested in contributing to U.S. retirement plans (traditional and Roth IRAs, SEPs, solo 401(k)s, etc.) FBAR Form FinCEN...
...where Institution is Located; and Contact person at this Institution) and 9-12 ( Name under which the account was held; If held by an entity, type of entity; Date account...
...accounts an opportunity to get current with their tax returns and information reporting obligations. The program encourages taxpayers to voluntarily disclose foreign accounts now rather than risk detection by the...
...the IRS chooses to investigate you, your banking activities overseas will be an open book. Myth #5: I’ll just renounce my citizenship and be done with taxes! When you begin...
...has given us a much stronger hand in fighting tax evasion,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “People with undisclosed foreign accounts should carefully consider their options and use available avenues,...
...permanent U.S. resident, kept between approximately $4,000,000 and $7,500,000 in assets in two bank accounts with UBS from at least 2002 through 2007. March 18, 2014 — California attorney Christopher...
...also receive information from the US regarding their taxpayers with U.S. accounts. According to IRS pronouncements, the IRS has said that the following 34 countries, including most developed countries, have...
...information exchange is part of the IRS’s overall efforts to implement FATCA, enacted in 2010 by Congress to target non-compliance by U.S. taxpayers using foreign accounts or foreign entities. FATCA...