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BEWARE – Since 2009, the department has charged more than 30 banking professionals and 68 U.S. account holders with violations arising from their offshore banking activities. Fifty-four U.S. taxpayers and four bankers and financial advisors have pled guilty, and five taxpayers have been convicted at trial.
Since 2009, the department has charged more than 30 banking professionals and 68 U.S. account holders with violations arising from their offshore banking activities. Fifty-four U.S. taxpayers and four bankers and financial advisors have pled guilty, and five taxpayers have been convicted at trial.
UNITED STATES AND SWITZERLAND ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING TAX EVASION INVESTIGATIONS
Switzerland Encourages Its Banks to Cooperate With New Program Which Will Require Significant Financial Penalties and Information Sharing From Banks That Aided Secret Account Holders
The Department of Justice announced a program that will encourage Swiss banks to cooperate in the department’s ongoing investigations of the use of foreign bank accounts to commit tax evasion.
The DOJ also released a joint statement with the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, stating that Switzerland will encourage its banks to participate in the program.
Attorney General Eric Holder
“This program will significantly enhance the Justice Department’s ongoing efforts to aggressively pursue those who attempt to evade the law by hiding their assets outside of the United States,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “In addition to strengthening our partnership with the Swiss government, the program’s requirement that Swiss banks provide detailed account information will improve our ability to bring tax dollars back to the U.S. treasury from across the globe.”
“This program will provide us with additional information to prosecute those who used secret offshore bank accounts and those here and abroad who established and facilitated the use of such accounts,” said Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole. “Now is the time for all U.S. taxpayers who hid behind Swiss bank secrecy laws or have undeclared offshore accounts in other foreign countries to come forward and resolve their outstanding tax issues with the United States.”
Under the program, which is available only to banks that are not currently under criminal investigation by the department for their offshore activities, participating Swiss banks will be required to:
- Agree to pay substantial penalties
- Make a complete disclosure of their cross-border activities
- Provide detailed information on an account-by-account basis for accounts in which U.S. taxpayers have a direct or indirect interest
- Cooperate in treaty requests for account information
- Provide detailed information as to other banks that transferred funds into secret accounts or that accepted funds when secret accounts were closed
- Agree to close accounts of account holders who fail to come into compliance with U.S. reporting obligations
Banks meeting all of the above requirements will be eligible for non-prosecution agreements.
Banks currently under criminal investigation related to their Swiss banking activities, and all individuals, are expressly excluded from the program.
The program holds banks to a higher degree of responsibility for opening secret accounts after it became publicly known that the department was actively investigating offshore tax evasion in Switzerland.
Penalty provisions of the program
Under the penalty provisions of the program, banks seeking a non-prosecution agreement must agree to a penalty in an amount equal to 20 percent of the maximum aggregate dollar value of all non-disclosed U.S. accounts that were held by the bank on Aug.1, 2008.
The penalty amount will increase to 30 percent for secret accounts that were opened after that date but before the end of February 2009 and to 50 percent for secret accounts opened later than that.
The program will significantly assist the department’s efforts to investigate and prosecute U.S. taxpayers who, when faced with the risk of detection, chose to move funds away from banks under investigation to banks that they believed might be better havens for tax secrecy.
A key component of the program requires cooperating banks to provide information that will enable the United States to follow the money to other Swiss banks and to banks located in other countries.
The program also provides a path to resolution for Swiss banks that were not engaged in wrongful acts with U.S. taxpayers but nonetheless want a resolution of their status.
Most banks in this category will be asked to provide an internal investigation report prepared by an independent examiner, as well as any additional information requested by the department.
A smaller group of banks will be allowed to show that they met certain criteria for deemed-compliance under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
Banks in these two groups will be eligible to receive non-target letters.
The program is intended to enable every Swiss bank that is not already under criminal investigation to find a path to resolution.
It also creates significant risks for individuals and banks that continue to fail to cooperate, including for those Swiss banks that facilitated U.S. tax evasion but fail to cooperate now, for all U.S. taxpayers who think that they can continue to hide income and assets in offshore banks, and for those advisors and others who facilitated these crimes.
Since 2009, the department has charged more than 30 banking professionals and 68 U.S. account holders with violations arising from their offshore banking activities. Fifty-four U.S. taxpayers and four bankers and financial advisors have pled guilty, and five taxpayers have been convicted at trial.
One Swiss bank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement, and a second Swiss bank was indicted and pleaded guilty.
Currently, the department is actively investigating the Swiss-based activities of 14 financial institutions.
The department’s enforcement activities are global and have also included public actions concerning activities in India, Luxembourg, Israel and the Caribbean.
The program does not address current or future investigations and pending cases concerning bank employees, financial advisors and other individuals. The department will address each of these cases only with the individual’s counsel, in a manner that gives consideration to the particular facts and circumstances of each case.
In those cases in which indictments are pending, any resolution will also require addressing outstanding issues with the court.
Counsel for banks currently under investigation, individuals who have been indicted, or bank employees who are concerned about whether they have potential criminal liability should contact the department’s Tax Division or the prosecutors handling their case if they wish to seek resolution.
The department notes that the joint statement with the Swiss Federal Department of Finance provides that if personal data are provided, they should only be used for purposes of law enforcement, which may include regulatory action, in the United States or as otherwise permitted by U.S. law.
Additionally, the department has assured its Swiss counterparts that it understands that simply because the names of individuals are included in the information that it receives from a bank does not necessarily mean that any particular individual is or is not culpable of wrongdoing.
The support that Switzerland has shown for this program may also help those banks already under investigation take some of the steps necessary to reach a resolution.
“Banks that come forward under the program that we have announced today have the opportunity to reach a resolution with the United States,” said Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally. “The program will give us yet more information to pursue U.S. taxpayers who are continuing to hide their assets in offshore accounts, and creates significant risks for those Swiss banks that fail to come forward. We recognize and express our appreciation for Switzerland’s support of the program.”
“The program the Department of Justice announced today is another positive step forward in the U.S. government’s continuing efforts to combat offshore tax evasion,” said Danny Werfel, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. “On behalf of the IRS, I extend my appreciation to both the Justice Department and the Swiss government for developing a way forward that provides the United States with information that will be critical to the enforcement of our tax laws and will bring closure for Swiss banks that meet the requirements of the program.”
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 9, 2014 | Tax Help
IRS Should Not Collect if Tax Due is in Dispute – Policy Statement, Former IRS Agent
The Internal Revenue Service has different policy statements for many their procedures.
Many times taxpayers have legitimate disputes with Internal Revenue Service.
Sometimes the fact of the matter is that the tax is not owed and many times IRS persist in their collection action.
Here is the IRS official policy statement regarding this issue it should be used when IRS gets aggressive brought to the attention of the agent, or their manager
Policy Statement 5-16
Forbearance when reasonable doubt exists that assessment is correct
Whenever a taxpayer raises a question or presents information creating reasonable doubt as to the correctness or validity of an assessment, reasonable forbearance will be exercised with respect to collection provided:
- adjustment of the taxpayer’s claim is within control of the Service; and
- the interests of the Government will not be jeopardized.
- Enforced collection measures to be withheld when disaster impairs ability to pay
- Reasonable forbearance should be exercised with respect to the enforced collection of taxes from taxpayers whose businesses are located in areas affected by major disasters such as floods, hurricanes, droughts, fire, etc., and whose ability to pay is impaired by such disasters.
- Forbearance when refund suit is pending on a divisible assessment
When a refund suit is pending on a divisible assessment, the Service will exercise forbearance with respect to collection provided that the interests of the government are adequately protected and the revenue is not in jeopardy.
However, any refunds due the taxpayer may be credited to the unpaid portion of the liability pending the outcome of the suit.
Divisible tax cases are those in which the tax assessment may be divided into separate portions or transactions. For example, a quarterly withholding employment tax liability may be sub-divided into individual liabilities covering each employee.
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 9, 2014 | Tax Help
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Some Quick Tax Facts
- the Internal Revenue Service levies just over 1.8 million taxpayers every year,
- the IRS audits less than 1% of all taxpayers every year.
- the IRS sends out 1.4 million mail correspondence audits every year.
- the IRS files close to 900,000 federal tax liens every year,
- the IRS accepts 38% of all offers in compromise filed,
- the average acceptance for offer compromises $.16 on a dollar
- over 16 million taxpayers do not file annual tax returns,
- the tax gap for year 2014 is over $500 billion.
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- On staff, Board Certified Tax Attorney’s, IRS Tax Lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents,
- Full Service Accounting Tax Firm,
- We taught Tax Law in the IRS Regional Training Center
- Former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors with over 60 years experience in the local, district and regional IRS offices.
- Highest Rating by the Better Business Bureau “A” Plus
- Fast, affordable, and economical
- Licensed and certified to practice in all 50 States
- Nationally Recognized Veteran /Published Former IRS Agent
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- As heard on GRACE Net Radio.com – Monthly Radio Show-Business Weekly
Areas of Professional Tax Practice:
- Same Day IRS & State Tax Representation
- Offers in Compromise / IRS Tax Debt Settlements
- Immediate Release of IRS Bank Levies or IRS Wage Garnishments
- Tax Relief from a IRS Bill, Letter or Notice of “Intent to Levy”
- IRS Tax Audits IRS Hardships Cases or Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements, Structured agreements
- Abatement of Penalties and Interest
- State Sales Tax Cases
- Payroll / Trust Fund Penalty Cases / 6672
- Filing Late, Back, Unfiled Tax Returns
- Tax Return Reconstruction
- FBAR/FATCA
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Our former IRS agents and managers worked right here out of the local South Florida IRS offices.
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Not only did we work out of the local South Florida offices, we also taught out of the district and regional training centers. We taught new IRS agents there job.
If you need to file back tax returns, immediately stop a bank or wage Levy garnishment, settle your case with IRS or have your tax return defended during IRS tax audit, call us today for free initial tax consultation and speak directly to a true expert tax professional.
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How to Stop a IRS Levy
To stop an IRS levy you will need to give IRS a current financial statement on form 433 f. That form will need to be completely documented with pay stubs, bank statements and a copy of all monthly expenses.
IRS will have to be called with documents in hand, upon speaking to an ACS IRS agent the information should be faxed to them so they can release the levy immediately.
IRS will have to close your case off the IRS enforcement computer and they will do so by determining one of three closing methods they will use on your case based on your current financial information. Your financial statement will indicate to them whether you are in a:
1. a current hardship,uncollectible,
2. you can make a monthly installment payment, or
3. you are eligible for a tax settlement called an offer in compromise.
How to file a tax settlement.
Before filing a offer in compromise or tax settlement with the Internal Revenue Service taxpayer, you should know there’s a very specific formula to determine the acceptability of an offer compromise.
The quickest and easiest way for a taxpayer to understand tax settlements is to walk through the IRS pre-qualifier tool which automatically will explain to you the lowest possible settlement that IRS will take on their given case.
You can find that pre-qualifier tool on our website.
I would caution all taxpayers never pay a professional tax firm to prepare and send in an offer in compromise unless they themselves have looked at the offer in compromise pre-qualifier tool.
If you call your office you can ask directly for me because I was a former IRS teaching instructor of the offer of compromise in a revenue officer for 10 years.
File back taxes.
Most taxpayers do not file back taxes because they have multiple years to file and they lost their records.
As former IRS agents and managers we can pull up back tax transcripts and prepare your returns under reconstructive methods. If you will owe tax we will work out a tax settlement for you.
Undergoing an IRS tax audit
If you are undergoing an IRS tax audit your very unfortunate because IRS audits less than 1% of all taxpayers.
Taxpayers who have their tax returns audited usually have fallen out of the normal ranges for certain expense items.
By calling us today, you can speak to a former IRS audit managers who could offer you your very best possible tax defense.
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