{"id":1345,"date":"2015-10-12T19:39:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T00:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patellawoffices.com\/blog\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2026-11-04T19:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T19:08:18","slug":"irs-posts-its-wins-involving-offshore-accounts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/planning-for-tax-minimization\/irs-posts-its-wins-involving-offshore-accounts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS posts its &#8220;wins&#8221; involving offshore accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, this post catalogued IRS and DOJ announcements of successful offshore enforcement actions. Those press releases have since moved or been archived. For current analysis of federal offshore and FBAR enforcement, see the posts below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent enforcement coverage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/planning-for-tax-minimization\/the-enforcement-surge-what-the-doj-and-irs-campaign-means-for-tax-professionals-and-their-clients\/\">The Enforcement Surge: What the DOJ and IRS Campaign Means for Tax Professionals and Their Clients<\/a> \u2014 the DOJ and IRS Criminal Investigation&#8217;s national tax enforcement surge resulting in over $490 million in tax fraud cases.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/planning-for-tax-minimization\/fbar-willfulness-recklessness-and-the-excessive-fines-defense-key-takeaways-from-united-states-v-rund\/\">FBAR Willfulness, Recklessness, and the Excessive Fines Defense: Key Takeaways from United States v. Rund<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/planning-for-tax-minimization\/fbar-enforcement-and-penalty-analysis-united-states-v-niksich\/\">FBAR Enforcement and Penalty Analysis: United States v. Niksich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/planning-for-tax-minimization\/the-high-price-of-payroll-tax-non-compliance-lessons-from-united-states-v-pitts\/\">The High Price of Payroll Tax Non-Compliance: Lessons from United States v. Pitts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Official sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/compliance\/criminal-investigation\/irs-criminal-investigation-voluntary-disclosure-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRS Criminal Investigation Voluntary Disclosure Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/individuals\/international-taxpayers\/streamlined-filing-compliance-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/tax\/swiss-bank-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of Justice \u2014 Swiss Bank Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, this post catalogued IRS and DOJ announcements of successful offshore enforcement actions. Those press releases have since moved or been archived. For current analysis of federal offshore and FBAR enforcement, see the posts below. Recent enforcement coverage The Enforcement Surge: What the DOJ and IRS Campaign Means for Tax Professionals and Their Clients [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planning-for-tax-minimization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5750,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/5750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}