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IRS Launches Second Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative After Successful Prosecution

After a successful indictment of a New Jersey man with HSBC Bank accounts in India, the IRS introduced a new Voluntary Disclosure Program on February 8, 2011 for U.S. taxpayers with undisclosed offshore accounts. Last week, according to an indictment

Is HSBC the next UBS nightmare?

clients with a foreign HSBC account should be seriously concerned about disclosure of the account to the government, which could result in criminal prosecution and significant civil penalties.