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Estrategias Y Esquemas Tributarios Para Evitar Impuestos A La Vanguardia Del IRS

El 11/04/24, el IRS concluyó su Lista de la Docena Sucia de 2024 con una “advertencia a los contribuyentes sobre los promotores que venden estrategias fiscales falsas y esquemas extraterritoriales fraudulentos diseñados para...more

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Tax Strategies And Schemes To Avoid Taxes At IRS Forefront

On 4/11/24, the IRS wrapped up its 2024 Dirty Dozen List with a “warning to taxpayers regarding promoters selling bogus tax strategies and fraudulent offshore schemes designed to reduce or avoid taxes altogether”. Tax...more

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Is it Time to Rethink Your Offshore PFIC Investment(s)?

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Is it time to rethink your offshore PFIC investment(s)? What is a PFIC and why should you be concerned about the impact it will have upon taxation? Why should investment in a PFIC concern you as a US taxpayer?...more

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How Does the IRS Use AI to Identify Tax Cheats?

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Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) increase the likelihood of an IRS audit in your future? How does the IRS use AI to identify US taxpayers who attempt to hide assets, under-report income or otherwise cheat the IRS? In...more

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Are There Strategies to Avoid an IRS Audit?

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Are there strategies to avoid an IRS audit? What are some of the known risks for triggering an IRS audit? What should you do if you have are concerned about the information provided a previous tax return? Is there a way to...more

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TIGTA Report Sheds Light On The Future Of FATCA Enforcement

The TIGTA Report dated April 7, 2022 details six recommendations for additional actions needed to address Non-Filing and Non-Reporting Compliance Under FATCA. ...more

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How to Ensure FATCA and CRS Stakeholder Collaboration

OECD Report suggests compliance regime elements for FIs and Stakeholders - Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standards (CRS) stakeholders are key to financial institutions’ (FIs) successful...more

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How Tax Administrations Handle FATCA, CRS Non-Compliance

Tax administrations can use a combination of detective, preventative and corrective measures to assess and treat Foreign Account Tax Compliance (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) non-compliance, according to the...more

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The DITC Issues Timely Compliance Reminders

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The Cayman Islands Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) recently issued reminders to industry of compliance obligations in accordance with Common Reporting Standard (CRS) requirements and for the purposes of...more

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Often Overlooked Exception to Withholding and Reporting Requirements under FATCA

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An often overlooked exception to U.S. withholding taxes may result in a lower overall U.S. tax burden. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) was enacted in an effort to ensure that U.S. taxpayers could not...more

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¡Después de Diez Años, FATCA NO SE VA!

FATCA se convirtió en ley en Marzo del 2010 con el objetivo de combatir el incumplimiento de la declaración del impuesto sobre la renta internacional por parte de ciudadanos estadounidenses y residentes contribuyentes...more

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¿Mantiene su Institución Financiera un Cumplimiento Continuo con FATCA?

La participación en FATCA no es una opción, llegó para quedarse y es parte de una iniciativa global. FATCA es complicado, y para los banqueros, ha implicado aprender nueva terminología y comprender en exceso de un mil de...more

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Is your Financial Institution Maintaining Continuous Compliance with FATCA?

Participation in FATCA is not an option, it is here to stay, and it is part of a global initiative. FATCA is complicated, and for the bankers, it has implied learning new terminology and understanding thousands of pages of a...more

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Beware of FATCA Notices of Default After FATCA Certification Deadlines!

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Under FATCA, an Event of Default (EOD) will occur if an Entity fails to perform required material obligations with respect to the due diligence, verification, withholding, or reporting FATCA requirements, or if the IRS...more

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¡Tenga cuidado con las notificaciones de incumplimiento de FATCA después de las fechas límite de certificación de FATCA!

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Bajo FATCA, un Evento de Incumplimiento (“Event of Default o EOD”) ocurrirá si una Entidad no cumple con las obligaciones materiales requeridas con respecto a los requisitos de diligencia debida, verificación, retención o...more

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¿Qué se está haciendo para mejorar la comunicación con los Usuarios de los Sistemas de FATCA y QI que NO Son Estadounidenses?

En noviembre de 2019, el Consejo Asesor del Servicio de Impuestos Internos (“IRSAC”) publicó su Informe Público. El propósito de IRSAC es servir como un cuerpo asesor del Comisionado del IRS y organizar un foro público entre...more

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U.S. Financial Institutions and FATCA

Little is written regarding FATCA and U.S. Financial Institutions (FI).  That said, U.S. FIs have FATCA responsibilities.  In the absence of permitted exceptions, FATCA requires U.S. FIs that make payments of most types of...more

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United States “Beats” Switzerland as a Perceived Global Haven for Money Laundering and Tax Evasion

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The Cayman Islands Receive “Top Honors.”  But, Global Financial Transparency is Reportedly Improving in General - The United States has overtaken Switzerland as a financial secrecy haven, according to the latest rankings –...more

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Automatic Exchange Of Information Leads To Deposit Drops At International Financial Centers

On June 7, 2019, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a Memo which is a “summary of ongoing work to assess the impact of increasing tax transparency and exchange of information (EOI) on...more

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Tax Scams put Taxpayers at Risk

The IRS produces a yearly list of Tax Scams known as the Dirty Dozen that Taxpayers may encounter.    IRS reiterates that Tax Scams put Taxpayers at Risk when it releases its list of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams.  These aggressive...more

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IRS: Las Cuentas Financieras “Offshore” NO pasarán Inadvertidas

El 15 de marzo del 2019, el IRS informó que la ocultación de dinero o activos en cuentas extraterritoriales (“offshore”) no declaradas permanece en la lista de las estafas tributarias conocidas come la Docena Sucia o "Dirty...more

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IRS: Offshore Financial Accounts will NOT go Unnoticed

On March 15, 2019, IRS reported that hiding money or assets in unreported offshore accounts remains on the Internal Revenue Service’s “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for 2019....more

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IRS Continues to Cross-Reference Foreign Financial Accounts and Assets

IRS holds information that is sourced from the FATCA reports submitted by Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) (on Form 8966 - FATCA Report) and by Individual US Taxpayers that have reporting obligations via Form 8938...more

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Is it time for Foreign Financial Institutions to hire IRS Representation?

The Responsible Officer (RO) of a Participating Foreign Financial Institution (PFFI) or Reporting Model 2 FFI is required to file the FFI’s FATCA certification of an Entity’s preexisting accounts (COPA) and its Periodic...more

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Offshore Accounts Today Equal Transparency

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The days of avoiding taxes through hiding money or assets in unreported offshore accounts are gone. Nonetheless, there are still taxpayers with undeclared offshore accounts, as well as the banks and bankers that are...more

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