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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Federal Courts Weigh in on the FBAR: Providing Relief from Outrageous Penalties

In this bulletin, we highlight two recent federal court cases in which U.S. taxpayers won major victories against the United States with respect to their obligations to report non-U.S. accounts on FinCEN Form 114 – Report of...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Cross-Border Banking and Out-of-this-World Penalties - Dealing with the IRS when you have Foreign Bank Accounts

A United States citizen or resident that owns (or has signatory authority over) an account at a foreign bank with a value in excess of $10,000 annually must file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account (or “FBAR”) with...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOJ Secures Verdict in Excess of $2 Million for Failure to File FBARs

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014, a jury in Miami issued a verdict against a taxpayer for $2.2 million in fees, interest, and civil penalties for willfully failing to file foreign bank account reports (FBARs) for his Swiss bank...more

Cole Schotz

Mandatory Electronic Filing for FBARs Effective July 1, 2013.

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June 30, 2013 is the filing due date for 2012 “FBARs,” also known as Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. If there is a non-willful failure to file, the penalties are up to $10,000. If there is...more

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