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DOJ Tax Division Chief Outlines Enforcement Priorities for 2016

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In speech delivered on January 29, 2016, at the American Bar Association’s Tax Section Midyear Meeting, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division recapped her agency’s...more

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Forensic Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner Pleads Guilty to Concealing UBS Account

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On October 3, 2014, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release and court records, Howard Bloomberg, a forensic accountant and certified fraud examiner, pleaded guilty to one count of failure to file an FBAR reporting...more

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DOJ Continues to Prosecute Those Who Fail to File FBARs to Disclose Offshore Accounts

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Howard Bloomberg, a forensic account and certified fraud examiner of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty on Friday to failing to file a Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) for the year 2008. Mr. Bloomberg opened a bank account at...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

IRS Announces Changes to the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program

As you may have read, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently announced changes to its offshore voluntary disclosure programs and announced new options for taxpayers to come into compliance with their U.S. tax...more

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As Foreign Banks May Disclose U.S. Depositors, Foreign Account Holders Should Consider IRS OVDI Program

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In December, Bank Leumi le-Israel BM issued a letter notifying its U.S. account holders about the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (the OVDI). The IRS OVDI is a type of amnesty program under which U.S. citizens...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

U.S. Response to Unreported Offshore Income and Assets of U.S. Taxpayers

Since the G-20 meeting on April 2, 2009, there has been a worldwide emphasis on the elimination of bank secrecy through the implementation of tax information exchange agreements ("TIEA") with countries or jurisdictions that...more

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