Monthly Archives: May 2009

Automatic information exchange will doom the secrecy strategy

U.S. residents with secret bank accounts outside of the United States rely on some weak strategies  more…

Predictable-foreign banks might refuse U.S. customers

Mr. Obama has proposed a massive revision to the U.S. tax law’s treatment of international transactions.  more…

Do foreigners now file FBAR disclosures?

Here’s an interesting problem. I think some nonresidents of the United States are now required to  more…

IRS statement on negotiating penalties for offshore accounts

The IRS voluntary disclosure program (the FBAR amnesty) for offshore accounts is in full swing. One  more…

FBAR requirements apply to nonresidents too

The U.S. government requires “U.S. persons” to file Form TD F 90-22.1 (PDF) to report ownership  more…

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