US Expatriate Tax Planning - Part 2 - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
US Expatriate Tax Planning - Part 1 - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
US tax filing is underway, and as we approach the April 15 deadline we would like to offer additional tax updates and information for US expatriates. The first and most important thing for US expatriates to know about taxes...more
Missing any deadline is stressful. But missing a tax deadline is more so. Per the Bank Secrecy Act (Title 31 of the U.S. Code), certain taxpayers must file so-called FBARs (currently FinCEN Form 114) with the government...more
As a general matter, the FBAR is not a difficult tax form to prepare, at least for most taxpayers and their tax professionals. At its very basics, it merely asks for identifying information regarding the taxpayer and certain...more
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over non-US financial accounts now have until April 15, 2023 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts....more
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over foreign financial accounts now have until April 15, 2022 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. On December 9, 2020, the US Department of the...more
On December 9, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued Notice 2020-1, extending the filing deadline for the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, FinCEN Form 114 (FBAR), for certain...more
On October 14, 2020, FinCEN posted an incorrect message on its Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) E-Filing website. The message incorrectly stated there was a new filing extension until December 31, 2020, for all filers of Reports of...more
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced that victims of the California Wildfires, the Iowa Derecho, Hurricane Laura, the Oregon Wildfires, and Hurricane Sally have until December...more
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over foreign financial accounts now have until April 15, 2021 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts....more
On December 20, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued Notice 2019-1, extending the filing deadline for the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, FinCEN Form 114 (FBAR), for certain...more
In This Issue: - A win-win proposition -A charitable remainder trust benefits you and your favorite charity - When to elect the alternate valuation date - Do you know when an FBAR must be filed? - ESTATE PLANNING...more
On December 4, 2018, FinCEN issued Notice 2018-1, extending the filing deadline for the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, FinCEN Form 114 (FBAR), for certain individuals with signature or other authority over...more
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over foreign financial accounts now have until April 15, 2020, to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts....more
On December 4, 2018, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a further extension of time for Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) filings for certain individuals with...more
• Foreign Investor Forms W-8: An update of Forms W-8 on file for non-U.S. investors is generally recommended by December 31, 2018 to ensure that a date of birth (DOB) and non-U.S. taxpayer identification number (Foreign TIN)...more
If you are required to file a Foreign Bank Account Report (“FBAR”) with respect to 2017, it must be filed electronically with the U.S. Treasury Department on or before October 15, 2018. This deadline cannot be extended....more
Investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or with a state (“Advisers”) as well as commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) and commodity trading advisors (“CTAs”) registered with the...more
Today the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network posted a “FBAR Due Date Clarification” on its website, which confirms that the annual filing deadline for FinCEN Form 114 (commonly referred to as the FBAR...more
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over foreign financial accounts now have until April 15, 2019 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts....more
If you have a foreign bank account (or signatory authority on a foreign bank account), you are required to file a Form 114 (commonly called an FBAR) if at any point during the calendar year the combined balance in all of your...more
On December 16, 2016, FinCEN issued Notice 2016-1, extending the filing deadline for the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, FinCEN Form 114 (FBAR), for certain individuals with signature or other authority over...more
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over foreign financial accounts now have until April 15, 2018 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts....more
La presentación de la declaración de impuestos (el 15 de Abril para los individuos) y el formulario de FinCEN -Informe 114, conocido como FBAR (el 30 de Junio para todos los contribuyentes) no estaban alineadas, y no existía...more
The filing of the tax return (April 15 for individuals) and Report FinCEN Form 114, known as FBAR (June 30 for all taxpayers) were not aligned, and that there wasn’t an extension available for the FBAR. This disconnect is...more
Certain individuals who have only signature authority over foreign financial accounts now have until April 15, 2017 to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts....more