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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Ready or Not – Foreign Asset Reporting is Here!

On December 16, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service issued temporary and proposed regulations relating to provisions that require foreign financial assets to be reported to the IRS for tax years beginning after March 18, 2010. The actual proposed and temporary regs provide that: 1. The foreign asset reporting requirement applies to individuals required to file…
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IRS Audits of Quiet Filers Have Begun.

I recently attended an ABA conference where multiple representatives from the IRS including, Senior Litigation Counsel Kevin M. Downing, were speakers and they all reiterated that the IRS has a program in place to audit Quiet Filers, who chose not to make a voluntary disclosure but rather chose solely to amend their tax returns to…
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IRS Releases Guidance on Foreign Financial Asset Reporting

IRS NEWSWIRE WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service in coming days will release a new information reporting form that taxpayers will use starting this coming tax filing season to report specified foreign financial assets for tax year 2011. Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) will be filed by taxpayers with specific types and amounts of…
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