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Who has to file for FBAR? Make sure you know your rights.
If you have a financial interest in or signature authority over a foreign financial account, including a bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, trust, or other type of foreign financial account, the Bank Secrecy Act may require you to report the account yearly to the Internal Revenue Service by filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR).
The FBAR is required because foreign financial institutions may not be subject to the same reporting requirements as domestic financial institutions.
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The IRS began an open-ended offshore voluntary disclosure program (OVDP) in January 2012 on the heels of strong interest in the 2011 and 2009 programs.
The IRS is offering people with undisclosed income from offshore accounts another opportunity to get current with their tax returns. The 2012 OVDP has a higher penalty rate than the previous program but offers clear benefits to encourage taxpayers to disclose foreign accounts now rather than risk detection by the IRS and possible criminal prosecution.
If you file your FBAR form before IRS contacts you, will have no worries. IRS wants voluntary disclosure.
Amending a Filed FBAR
The following instructions may be given to anyone who needs to file an amended FBAR. To amend a previously filed FBAR:
Write “Amended” at the top of a new form. I recommend writing it in read to draw attention to the reviewer. Make sure the writing is not blending in to the form. Make it clear and obvious.
Add/correct the information about the account.
Staple it to a copy of the original form.
Mail the amended FBAR to the filing address shown on the form
Department of the Treasury
Post Office Box 32621, Detroit, MI 48232-0621.
Need FBAR Filing Verification
Filed FBARs are entered onto the Detroit Computing Center’s Currency and Banking Retrieval System (CBRS) database.
Filing can be checked by IRS personnel with CBRS passwords.
Filers can request verification of the FBARs that they filed 60 days after the date of filing. A request for verification of FBAR filing must be made in writing and should include the filer’s name, Taxpayer Identification Number, and filing period.
There is a $5.00 fee for verifying five or fewer forms and a $1.00 fee for each additional form. If copies are needed, the additional fee is $0.15 per copy.
Checks or money orders should be made payable to the United States Treasury. The payment should be mailed to:
IRS Detroit Computing Center,
P.O. Box 32063, Detroit, MI 48232 Attn.: Verification
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Tax Tips on how to fix errors made on a IRS Tax Return.
If you discover an error after you file your tax return, you can correct it by amending your return.
1. When you amend a tax return you should file an amended return if your filing status, number of dependents, total income, tax deductions or tax credits were reported incorrectly or omitted.
2. When you SHOULD NOT AMEND!
If the IRS corrects math errors or requests missing forms such as Forms W-2 or schedules or when processing an original return.
3. Form to use.
Use a tax form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, to amend a previously filed Form 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ.
Make sure you check the box for the year of the return you are amending on the Form 1040X.
An amended tax return cannot be filed electronically.
4. Multiple amended returns.
If you are amending more than one year’s tax return, prepare a separate 1040X for each return and mail them in separate envelopes to the appropriate IRS processing center. check for the correct Service Center.
5. Form 1040X The Form 1040X has three columns.
a.Column A shows original figures from the original return.
b.Column B shown the changes you are making.
c. Column C shows the corrected figures. There is an area on the back of the form to explain the specific changes and the reasons for the changes.
6. Other forms or schedules.
If the changes involve other schedules or forms, attach them to the Form 1040X. Failure to do this will cause a delay in processing.
7. Additional refund.
If you are amending your return to get an additional refund, wait until you have received your original refund before filing Form 1040X.
You are allowed to cash that check while waiting for any additional refund.
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FBAR and what you need to know.
If you have a financial interest in or signature authority over a foreign financial account, including a bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, trust, or other type of foreign financial account, the Bank Secrecy Act may require you to report the account yearly to the Internal Revenue Service by filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). With Foreign Financial Instructions now reporting to the IRS it is critical to follow up and file your FBAR 90-22.1
The FBAR is required because foreign financial institutions are not usually subject to the same reporting requirements as domestic financial institutions.
The FBAR is a tool to help the United States government identify persons who may be using foreign financial accounts to circumvent, hide, evade or deceive with criminal intent the United States Tax Laws.
The FBAR Program to date has yielded the Federal Government over $5 Billion when over 33,000 persons came forward.
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Common Questions ask regarding FBAR.
What happens if an account holder is required to file an FBAR and fails to do so?
The failure to file an FBAR when required to do so can potentially result in civil penalties, criminal penalties or both. If you learn you were required to file FBARs for earlier years, you should file the delinquent FBAR reports and attach a statement explaining why the reports are filed late.
No penalty will be asserted if the IRS determines that the late filings were due to reasonable cause. Keep copies of what you send for your records.
Can cumulative FBAR penalties exceed the amount in a taxpayer’s foreign accounts?
May civil penalties be assessed?
Yes, under the penalty provisions found in 31 U.S.C. 5314(a)(5), it is possible to assert civil penalties for FBAR violations in amounts that exceed the balance in the foreign financial account.
How long should account holders retain records of the foreign accounts?
Records of accounts required to be reported on an FBAR must be retained for a period of five years. Failure to maintain required records may result in civil penalties, criminal penalties or both.
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Offshore Bank Accounts
You have generally nothing to worry about if you have an Offshore Bank Account as long as you are following the IRS guidelines. IRS is concerned about non-filers and those whose plan is to willfully plan deceive the Federal Government.
The IRS and the Department of Justice plan to criminally prosecute those who are not in full compliance with the U.S. Federal Tax Laws.
The commissioner of the IRS recently announced that the Offshore Program yielded over $5 Billion big ones as a result of the first two voluntary compliance programs.
Over 33,000 taxpayers have come forward and the IRS knows that this is just the very tip of the iceberg.
As a matter of fact, the IRS on the IRS.GOV site lists all those that have been criminally prosecuted.
IRS believes that there are hundreds of thousands of taxpayers that should be coming forward and the IRS plans to pursue those are are evading the tax law.
The last IRS budget approved finds that the IRS will receive over $500 million to pursue tax cheats.
What has helped the IRS in regard to Offshore Bank Account Reporting is the fact that tax treaties are opening up the books and records of financial institutions to the IRS.
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U.S. taxpayers claimed over $90 billion of foreign tax credits on US individual and corporate tax returns in 2005.
Foreign tax credits allow US taxpayers to avoid or reduce double taxation. You may choose to take a deduction for foreign taxes paid instead of choosing a credit. In most cases, it is to your advantage to take foreign income taxes as a tax credit.
How to Qualify for Foreign Taxes
You can claim a credit only for foreign taxes that are imposed on you by a foreign country or US possession. Generally, only income, war profits and excess profits taxes qualify for the credit.
What Foreign Taxes Qualify For The Foreign Tax Credit?
Generally, the following four tests must be met for any foreign tax to qualify for the credit:
1. The tax must be imposed on you
2. You must have paid or accrued the tax
3. The tax must be the legal and actual foreign tax liability
4. The tax must be an income tax (or a tax in lieu of an income tax)
How you can claim the Foreign Tax Credit
File Form 1116 Foreign Tax Credit to claim the foreign tax credit if you are an individual, estate or trust, and you paid or accrued certain foreign taxes to a foreign country or U.S. possession. Corporations file Form 1118 to claim a foreign tax credit.
Tax Compliance Issues with the Internal Revenue Service
The amount of foreign tax that qualifies is not necessarily the amount of tax withheld by the foreign country.
If you are entitled to a reduced rate of foreign tax based on an income tax treaty between the United States and a foreign country, only that reduced tax qualifies for the credit.
If a foreign tax re-determination occurs, a re-determination of your US tax liability is required in most situations.
You must file a Form 1040X or Form 1120X. Failure to notify the IRS of a foreign tax re-determination can result in a failure to notify penalty.
A foreign tax credit may not be claimed for taxes on excluded income.
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