The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is fundamental as it affects how you report your finances, especially as an expat abroad. FATCA is why you may need to file a Report of Foreign Bank and ...

Certain individuals who have only signature authority over non-US financial accounts now have until April 15, 2023 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. This extended filing ...

Last week the Ninth Circuit issued a win for taxpayers in US v. Boyd, limiting penalties for non-willful violations of the requirement to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR).

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In September 2008, the IRS website posted revisions to the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (Form TD F 90-22.1) that surprised many practitioners. This article discusses new traps for the ...

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) is a critical compliance requirement under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), aimed at combating tax evasion and money ...

On Feb. 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Bittner v. United States, which focused on the correct penalty amount for non-willful violations of the foreign bank and financial ...

Under the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. taxpayers must file an FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) if their foreign financial account balances exceed $10,000 in aggregate at any point during a calendar year. A failure to ...

A Florida jury handed the estate of a Texaco heiress, Lavern N. Gaynor, an $18 million Valentine’s Day boon by deciding that her failure to timely file report of foreign bank and financial accounts ...

A federal district court has sided with the taxpayer on an FBAR penalty issue, reducing the amount owed by the 89-year-old taxpayer from $160,000 to $40,000. At issue in the case, U.S. v. Giraldi, was ...