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IRS Gets Green Light to Seek Information from Third Parties Regarding Panama Offshore Legal Services

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On July 29, 2021, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tax Division, and the IRS Commissioner all announced that a federal court in New...more

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IRS Summons for Law Firm Client Data Is Enforceable

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Court rules that a "John Doe" summons to obtain confidential client records from a law firm isn’t barred by attorney-client privilege. On May 15, 2019, a district court in the Western District of Texas held that the...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Paradise Papers, Panama Papers…. The Message is Clear: Report Offshore Accounts!

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First, the Panama Papers, and now… the Paradise Papers. The Paradise Papers contain the names of approximately 31,000 US citizens, including entities, or persons with US addresses....more

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Bankers, Do your US Clients tell you everything that you need to know?

Given the information publicly revealed by “Panama Papers”, and recent IRS reminders to out-of-compliance US Taxpayers to come into full compliance with their federal tax obligations, it is critical that Bankers and Financial...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The High Cost of Being Noncompliant with the Internal Revenue Code

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The IRS currently offers the following five programs for noncompliant taxpayers: (i) the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP), (ii) Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures, (iii) Streamlined Foreign Offshore...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

“Spider Webs”, “Panama Papers” and IRS

IRS has asked involved U.S. taxpayers to come forward before IRS reads and dissects the “Panama Papers”. IRS will “plan how to use the huge trove of leaked documents to catch criminals — and urged Americans to come clean now...more

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Panama Papers Fallout: A Push for Transparency and Regulatory Reform - Sanctions Also Levied Against Several Panama-Based...

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In the wake of the "Panama Papers" – the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from a Panamanian law firm that revealed thousands of names and addresses linked to offshore companies – the White House has announced several...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Wake of the Panama Papers, Treasury Proposes New Reporting Requirements for Foreign-Owned Legal Entities

On May 10, 2016, the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that, if approved, will require business entities formed in the United States that are owned by a single foreign person to obtain an employer identification...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In Wake of Panama Papers Scandal Obama Calls for Stricter Bank Regulations, Tax Rules

In a news conference May 6, President Obama addressed recently announced rules and proposed regulations intended to help the U.S. fight tax evasion and other crimes connected to anonymous offshore companies and accounts. The...more

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Through the Looking Glass: Reporting by Foreign-Owned Disregarded Entities

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Generally, a disregarded entity is not subject to U.S. tax or information reporting, so the IRS is limited to gleaning information from tax filings by an entity’s owner. But foreign owners of disregarded entities often do not...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Legacy of Michigan Senator Levin and Offshore Taxation Issues

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When Senator Levin, the Democrat from Michigan, announced his retirement from the Senate in 2014, you could hear a collective sigh of relief from the corporate business community. Senator Levin had dedicated himself to...more

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FinCEN Finalizes Beneficial Ownership Identification Rules

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As part of the U.S. Treasury Department's ongoing efforts to prevent bad actors from using U.S. companies to conceal money laundering, tax evasion, and other illicit financial activities, the Financial Crimes Enforcement...more

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Today’s Panama Papers Release May Require Immediate Action to Mitigate Risk of Criminal Prosecution

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Action Item: Today at 2:00 p.m. (EDT), a massive database of information from the leaked “Panama Papers” files will be made public for the first time, identifying the real owners behind over 200,000 offshore companies set up...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In Wake of Panama Papers Scandal Obama Calls for Stricter Bank Regulations, Tax Rules

In a recent news conference President Obama addressed rules and proposed regulations announced Thursday intended to help the U.S. fight tax evasion and other crimes connected to anonymous offshore companies and accounts. The...more

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The Panama Papers: Taking a New Look at an Old Problem

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On April 3, 2016, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (“ICIJ”) published more than 11.5 million documents connected to Mossack Fonseca, a Panama law firm that helped establish offshore financial...more

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