Happiness.” That is what retired auto dealer Jimmy Pflueger told reporters he felt as he left the U.S.District Court House today, just after U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi found him “not guilty” on four federal tax fraud charges. The 87-year-old retired automobile dealer - who founded the Pflueger dealerships – had been charged with filing…
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Offshore Disclosure Beyond the FBAR!
Besides having to file FBAR reports for a US taxpayer's Interest in Foreign Accounts, US Taxpayers also have the following Reporting Requirement for their Investments in Foreign Entities: · Form 5471 –Used to report that you are a 10% or more shareholder in a foreign corporation. · Form 5472 –Used to report that a US…
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Swiss Accounts No Longer Safe for Tax Dodgers!
Taxpayers who still believe they can hide secret Swiss bank accounts from the Internal Revenue Service are “beyond foolish,” the top U.S. tax prosecutor said as a five-year crackdown expands to new offshore havens. The enforcement drive has forced a “remarkable” change in the ability of the U.S. to find secret accounts in Switzerland, the…
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TIGTA – Correspondence Audit Selection Process Could Be Strengthened To Include Audit of Prior Year Returns!
TIGTA evaluated a statistical sample of 102 of 7,470 single-year correspondence audits of individual tax returns closed between April 1, 2010, and March 31, 2011, in which each of the taxpayers involved agreed that they understated their tax liabilities by at least $4,000. Similar tax issues also existed for the prior and/or subsequent years…
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