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Willful FBAR Penalties and the Excessive Fines Clause: District Court Says Context is Key

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In its recent decision in United States v. Leeds, the United States District Court for the District of Idaho upheld the application of willful penalties against a deceased husband for failing to report certain foreign bank...more

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FBAR: The Eleventh Circuit Holds That Willful FBAR Penalties are Subject to the Eighth Amendment Creating Circuit Split

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For years, FBAR litigants have made the commonsense argument that large willful FBAR penalties, which can exceed the value of the unreported foreign accounts themselves, violate the excessive fines clause of the Eighth...more

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