Posts Tagged ‘FBAR penalties’
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Michael Reiss, New Jersey doctor, professor and medical researcher, was sentenced on January 11, 2012 for failing to report his offshore (UBS) bank accounts. According to the IRS, Reiss was sentenced to eight months in a community confinement center for failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) with the IRS. Reiss pleaded guilty in August 2011 and agreed to pay back taxes of at least $400,000
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
For those who thought the UBS scandal with the IRS was bad, get ready for the latest crackdown news: India. Yep, the IRS has spread its wings even further and are now pushing HSBC to disclose its members who are suspected of having secret bank accounts in India.
According to Wall Street Journal, “Thousands of U.S. taxpayers of Indian origin have opened up accounts with HSBC in India since 2002,
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The Swiss Parliament just ratified an agreement to surrender the names of 4,450 bank clients over to the IRS, as reported today in Americans May Have ‘Mere Hours’ to Disclose UBS Accounts to IRS. And the IRS has pledged to move swiftly to vigorously pursue UBS account holders who have attempted to evade their tax responsibilities. If you think your offshore bank account may be a potential IRS target, it’s
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
On Friday, the first American was prosecuted in a UBS tax case and sentenced to house arrest after admitting he concealed about $6 million in assets from the IRS.
Americans who missed the October 15th deadline for tax amnesty can still reduce severe IRS penalties for offshore accounts (including FBAR penalties that can amount to 200-300% of the asset value of the account!) Account holders need to get expert tax help
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