FBAR – Tax Lawyers – File and Settle – IRS Tax & FBAR Experts
Take the fear out of FBAR.
We are a professional tax firm specializing in FBAR tax filings and tax negotiations. We are compromised of Board Certified Tax Lawyers, Tax Attorneys, CPA’s and Former IRS Agents who where both teaching instructors and former IRS managers when employed by the IRS. We have a combined 60 years who experience at the IRS.
We also taught Tax Law while employed by the IRS.
Our firm specializes in the filing, negotiation and tax debt settlements of World Wide FBAR cases.
The IRS viewpoint on FBAR
The Internal Revenue Service is starting ramp up enforcement of there International Tax Program and the latest goldmine for the feds is found in the FBAR filings and payment.
To date the IRS has found over $5 billion Dollars in collectables. With that type of money on the table the IRS is not going to quit. This makes the IRS look good!
As a matter of fact the IRS is dedicating much of there millions in enforcement budget specifically to this FBAR project.
After speaking to several IRS agents, the management of the IRS is going to “make FBAR headlines with there enforcement”. They want to scare taxpayers to death.
What hangs over the head of many of the taxpayers is the fear of going to jail and this is huge. It makes people jump and scares them into tax compliance. And, it has worked!
Who Must File an FBAR
United States persons are required to file an FBAR if:
The United States person had a financial interest in or signature authority over at least one financial account located outside of the United States; and
The aggregate value of all foreign financial accounts exceeded $10,000 at any time during the calendar year to be reported.
United States person means United States citizens; United States residents; entities, including but not limited to, corporations, partnerships, or limited liability companies created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States; and trusts or estates formed under the laws of the United States.
Exceptions to the Reporting Requirement
Exceptions to the FBAR reporting requirements can be found in the FBAR instructions.
There are filing exceptions for the following United States persons or foreign financial accounts:
1.Certain foreign financial accounts jointly owned by spouses;
2.United States persons included in a consolidated FBAR;
3.Correspondent/nostro accounts;
4.Foreign financial accounts owned by a governmental entity;
5. Foreign financial accounts owned by an international financial institution;
6.IRA owners and beneficiaries;
7.Participants in and beneficiaries of tax-qualified retirement plans;
8.Certain individuals with signature authority over but no financial interest in a foreign financial account;
9.Trust beneficiaries; and
10.Foreign financial accounts maintained on a United States military banking facility.
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