by Fresh Start Tax | Jul 13, 2012 | IRS Tax Problem, Tax Help, Tax Lawyer, Tax Problem Help
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What you should do if you have not filed a tax return or owe back taxes.
Various new requirements by the Internal Revenue Service are contained in IRC 877 and 877A.
Individual taxpayers that have renounced their U.S. citizenship or terminated their long-term resident status for tax purposes after June 3, 2004 are required to certify to the IRS that they have satisfied all federal tax requirements for the 5 years prior to expatriation.
Key Tax Law.
If all federal tax requirements have not been satisfied for the 5 years prior to expatriation, even if the individual does not meet the monetary thresholds in IRC 877 or 877A, the individual will be subject to the IRC 877 and 877A expatriation tax provisions.
Individuals that have expatriated should file all tax returns that are due, regardless of whether or not full payment can be made with the return. The filing of the tax return will keep any criminal element from playing a part in your life. File immediately.
Depending on an individual circumstance, a taxpayer filing late may/will qualify for a payment plan or may have a good chance of getting penalties and interest abated.
All payment plans will require continued compliance with all filing and payment responsibilities after the plan is approved.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jul 8, 2012 | FBAR, IRS Tax Experts, Offshore Program, Representation, Tax Lawyer
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IRS Total Collection
The collection of more than $4.4 billion so far from the two previous international programs has made the IRS excited in the FBAR- Offshore Program.
$4.4 Billion is just the tip of the iceberg.
Continuation of the OVDP – FBAR Program
The Third Offshore Program
The third offshore program comes as the IRS continues working on a wide range of international tax issues and follows ongoing efforts with the Justice Department to pursue criminal prosecution of international tax evasion.
Commissioner Statement:
“Our focus on offshore tax evasion continues to produce strong, substantial results for the nation’s taxpayers,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “We have billions of dollars in hand from our previous efforts, and we have more people wanting to come in and get right with the government. This new program makes good sense for taxpayers still hiding assets overseas and for the nation’s tax system.”
The third and latest FBAR – Offshore Program
The FBAR – program is similar to the 2011 program in many ways, but with a few key differences.
Unlike last year, there is no set deadline for people to apply. However, the terms of the program could change at any time going forward. For example, the IRS may increase penalties in the program for all or some taxpayers or defined classes of taxpayers – or decide to end the program entirely at any point.
“As we’ve said all along, people need to come in and get right with us before we find you,” Shulman said. “We are following more leads and the risk for people who do not come in continues to increase.”
Tax Stats:
In all, the IRS has seen 33,000 voluntary disclosures from the 2009 and 2011 offshore initiatives. Since the 2011 program closed last September, hundreds of taxpayers have come forward to make voluntary disclosures.
Those taxpayers who have come in since the 2011 program closed last year will be able to be treated under the provisions of the new OVDP program.
The overall penalty structure for the new program is the same for 2011, except for taxpayers in the highest penalty category.
The New Program Penalty Structure
For the new program, the penalty framework requires individuals to pay a penalty of 27.5 percent of the highest aggregate balance in foreign bank accounts/entities or value of foreign assets during the eight full tax years prior to the disclosure.
This is up from 25 percent in the 2011 program.
Some taxpayers will be eligible for 5 or 12.5 percent penalties; these remain the same in the new program as in 2011.
All taxpayers or participants must file all original and amended tax returns and include payment for back-taxes and interest for up to eight years as well as paying accuracy-related and/or delinquency penalties.
Participants face a 27.5 percent penalty, but taxpayers in limited situations can qualify for a 5 percent penalty.
Smaller offshore accounts will face a 12.5 percent penalty.
Taxpayers whose offshore accounts or assets did not surpass $75,000 in any calendar year covered by the new OVDP will qualify for this lower rate.
As under the prior programs, taxpayers who feel that the penalty is disproportionate may opt instead to be examined.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jul 5, 2012 | Expatriate Tax, FBAR, Representation, Tax Lawyer, Tax Settlements
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There are so many different opportunity’s for United States Expatriates to both save and avoid the double taxation through the use of tax exclusions. Some of these exclusions are:
1. Foreign Earned Income Exclusion.
2. Housing Exclusion,
3. Housing Deductions
4. Foreign Earned Income Tax Credits,
5. Foreign Tax Credits
What is a Foreign Source Income?
Generally foreign source income received by a nonresident alien is not subject to U.S. taxation.
United States Source Interest Income that is not connected with a United States trade or business is excluded from income if it is from:
1. Deposits (including certificates of deposit) with persons in the banking business,
2. Deposits or with sustentation accounts with mutual savings banks, cooperative banks,credit unions, domestic building and loan associations, and other savings institutions chartered and supervised as savings and loan or similar associations under federal or state law, if the interest paid or credited can be deducted by the association,
3. Amounts held by an insurance company under an agreement to pay interest on them,
4. Interest on obligations of a state or political subdivision, the District of Columbia, or a United States possession, generally is not included in income.
However interest on certain private activity bonds, arbitrage bonds, and certain bonds not in registered form is included in income, or U.S. source interest income that is not connected with a United States. trade or business and that is portfolio interest on obligations issued after July 18, 1984, is excluded from income. Check you with with your particular situation.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jul 4, 2012 | Back Taxes, FBAR, IRS Tax Problem, Representation, Tax Lawyer, Tax Returns
FBAR Filings – Free Tax Advice – Tax Attorneys, Lawyers – Former IRS
There are many questions regarding the filing of FBAR and making Voluntary Disclosures to the IRS.
There are also various opinions on how this should be done.
It is always best to speak directly to a tax attorney, tax lawyer or Former IRS Agent to go over all your tax options regarding FBAR and Voluntary Disclosure.
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These are two of the most common questions asked:
1. Why should I make a voluntary disclosure?
Taxpayers with undisclosed foreign accounts or entities should make a voluntary disclosure because it enables them to become compliant, avoid substantial civil penalties and generally eliminate the risk of criminal prosecution.
Making these voluntary disclosure also provides the opportunity to calculate, with a reasonable degree of certainty, the total cost of resolving all offshore tax issues.
Taxpayers who do not submit a voluntary disclosure run the risk of detection by the IRS and the imposition of substantial penalties, including the fraud penalty and foreign information return penalties, and an increased risk of criminal prosecution.
The IRS along with different countries are putting in tax treaties to deal with the problem of unreported FBAR based on bank account information they are currently receiving.
Due to recent funding the IRS is ramping up CADE 2, the new IRS computer system that will help full compliance.
It is in the best interest to all taxpayers to find the IRS before they find you.
2. What is the IRS’s Voluntary Disclosure Practice?
The Voluntary Disclosure Practice is a longstanding practice of IRS Criminal Investigation of taking timely, accurate, and complete voluntary disclosures into account in deciding whether to recommend to the Department of Justice that a taxpayer be criminally prosecuted.
It enables non compliant taxpayers to resolve their tax liabilities and minimize their chances of criminal prosecution. When a taxpayer truthfully, timely, and completely complies with all provisions of the voluntary disclosure practice, the IRS will not recommend criminal prosecution to the Department of Justice.
The general rule of thumb, file first and beat criminal prosecution.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jun 28, 2012 | FBAR, IRS Tax Debt, Representation, Tax Lawyer, Tax Returns, Tax Settlements
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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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