Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program

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

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

FBAR Penalties and the Reasonable Cause Defense

Some taxpayer’s who think that they have properly relied on the advice of professionals and should therefore be able to avoid FBAR penalties need to consider what constitutes “reasonable cause”. First, the reasonable cause...more

New Jersey Businessman With NRI Account Pleads Guilty to Using Offshore Bank Accounts to Defraud the U.S. and Pays $2.37 Million...

Sanjay Sethi, a New Jersey businessman, pleaded guilty on January 7, 2013 to using hidden offshore bank accounts to defraud the U.S. in a so-called “Klein conspiracy.”...more