Tax Penalties

What You Need to Know About FATCA’s Impact on Non-U.S. Retirement Plans

by Kary Crassweller, Andrew C. Liazos, Todd Solomon | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/21/2013

The Internal Revenue Service recently published final regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which are effective immediately. FATCA imposes significant reporting obligations on both non-U.S....more

IRS Expands VCSP Program

by Scott T. Silverman | Akerman Senterfitt on 3/6/2013

On February 27, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its expansion of the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) to allow more employers to achieve certainty under the law by reclassifying their...more

Non-FBAR Penalites and Offshore Voluntary Disclosures

by Sanford Millar on 2/18/2013

The following summarizes in explicit detail why taxpayers who have an unfilled Report of Foreign Financial or Bank Account (FBAR) must consider entering the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP). Not only does the...more

Benefits and Compensation Alert - January 2013: IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On The “Employer Shared Responsibility” Penalties...

by Eric Britton, James Culbreth, Jr., Gary Diesing, Vivian Folk, Wyatt Holliday, Susan McClay, Scott Newsom, Bennett Speyer | Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 2/5/2013

To make certain that 2013 will be as exciting as 2012, on January 2 the US Treasury issued proposed regulations under section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), which was added to the Code by the Patient Protection...more

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

by Jay Nanavati | BakerHostetler on 1/15/2013

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

Healthcare Reform Update: IRS Regulations Address Full-Time Status Of Nine-Month Education Employees

by Eric N. Athey, Kelley E. Kaufman | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 1/4/2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") requires "large employers" (i.e., those regularly employing 50 or more full-time equivalents) to provide "affordable" health coverage of "minimum value" to "full-time...more

Supreme Court of Canada Establishes Important Principles in Transfer Pricing

by Claire M.C. Kennedy, Martin P.J. Kratz Q.C., Darrel H. Pearson | Bennett Jones LLP on 12/3/2012

The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its judgment in The Queen v Glaxo Smith Kline Inc.,1 (Glaxo), which is the Court's first pronouncement on Canada's transfer pricing rules. Transfer pricing involves the allocation...more

Incorrect Advice To Executor Results In Expensive Education

by Jeffrey Merriam-Rehwald | Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 11/19/2012

In the recent opinion of Estate of John R.H. Thouron v. U.S. (DC PA 11/7/2012), the district court reminded fiduciaries that they remain responsible for filing returns and paying taxes despite getting bad advice from legal...more

IRS Penalty Relief For Severance Pay Expires On December 31

by Benjamin I. Delancy, Ann Carr Mackey | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/17/2012

The IRS has given employers until December 31, 2012 to correct a problem frequently found in severance agreements and other similar arrangements. If not corrected by that date, it could be much more expensive to correct the...more

Regulatory Storm Cloud Brewing On Full-Time Employee Status

by Tom Christina | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/6/2012

Beginning on January 1, 2014, it will be crucial for an employer to know the full-time or part-time status of every employee. That is when the employer mandate becomes effective under Internal Revenue Code § 4980H. Section...more

Legal Alert: Employee Misclassification Relief?

by FordHarrison on 9/28/2011

The IRS recently announced a new "Voluntary Classification Settlement Program" (VCSP), which allows employers to correct worker classification errors and pay significantly reduced penalties, without having to go through...more

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