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 ...
With the emergence of digital assets, the question has arisen whether digital assets held in “wallets” in foreign exchanges need to be reported on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 8938, Statement ...
There are a multitude of information returns that United States taxpayers may need to file if they own foreign assets or have foreign investments. Two of these forms are the FBAR (Foreign Bank Account ...
As part of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) passed by Congress in 2010, individual taxpayers are now required to report “specified foreign financial assets” on an information reporting ...
The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act included a number of information reporting requirements intended to increase worldwide compliance with U.S. tax laws. One of those provisions is Section ...
When is a US Taxpayer required to disclose offshore accounts on an FBAR and IRS Form 8938? While many US taxpayers and expatriates have come to understand the requirements of the FinCEN Form 114 or ...
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The Internal Revenue Service plans to release a new information reporting form that taxpayers will need to use next tax season to report on certain types of foreign financial assets for tax year 2011.
The Internal Revenue Service recently posted a final version of the Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, and its corresponding instructions. The finalization of the Form 8938, ...
If you have a foreign bank account or assets, you hopefully know how many IRS eyes are on you. See 5 Nations Join U.S. In Tax Evasion Crackdown. While it's perfectly legal to have money or assets ...
With the emergence of digital assets, the question has arisen whether digital assets held in “wallets” in foreign exchanges need to be reported on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 8938, Statement ...
Financial account held at a foreign branch of a U.S. financial institution No Yes Financial account held at a U.S. branch of a foreign financial institution No No Foreign financial account for which ...