Business Better Podcast Episode: Tax Audits, Investigations, and Global Enforcement - A Conversation with IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz
UK corporate offence of failure to prevent tax evasion
The Panama Papers - What the Fallout Means for U.S. Companies and Professionals
Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Employment Tax Enforcement: Ronn Owens interviews Steve Moskowitz
The Panama Papers & The Tempo of International Corruption Cases
Lauryn Hill's Tax Evasion a 'Battle for Survival': Lawyer
In the rapidly evolving financial landscape, governments worldwide are intensifying their focus on compliance in Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) efforts for financial institutions. Trade-Based Money...more
NFTs Expand on Social Media, Celebrity NFT Endorsements Scrutinized - According to reports, one of the world’s largest social media platforms recently expanded its NFT (non-fungible token) initiative, allowing users in...more
Key Takeaways - ..The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) issued its first intelligence bulletin providing guidance to banks, law enforcement partners and private investigators regarding indicators of potential...more
Crypto Initiatives Launched by Foreign Banks, Exchanges, Apps, Gaming Firms - According to a press release this week, the “Bank of Thailand (BOT) … has successfully launched the world’s first blockchain-based platform for...more
IRS holds information that is sourced from the FATCA reports submitted by Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) (on Form 8966 - FATCA Report) and by Individual US Taxpayers that have reporting obligations via Form 8938...more
On September 28, 2018, the IRS closed the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (2014 OVDP). The 2014 OVDP (and prior 2011 and 2009 programs) had the purpose of providing Taxpayers that WILLFULLY failed to report foreign...more
On November 29, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") published a memorandum (the "Memorandum") dated November 20, 2018, outlining the new process for all voluntary disclosures, both domestic and offshore (the "New...more
The jurors in the Paul Manafort case had questions regarding the complex Foreign Bank Account Reports (FBARs) regulations. This was evidenced by the jury’s questions to the judge addressing the responsibility to file an FBAR...more
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has secured its first conviction ever under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, through the guilty plea of Adrian Baron, a former executive of Loyal Bank Ltd., a bank with...more
On March 13, 2018, IRS announced the termination of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) as of September 28, 2018 (Notice IR-2018-52). ...more
El 5 de Julio del 2018, el Inspector General del Tesoro para la Administración Tributaria (TIGTA) emitió un informe: https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2018reports/201830040fr.pdf titulado: "A pesar de gastar casi...more
On July 5, 2018, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2018reports/201830040fr.pdf titled: “Despite Spending Nearly $380 Million, the...more
El Jefe de Investigación Criminal del IRS, Don Fort, declaró recientemente: "Es posible utilizar Bitcoin y otras Criptomonedas de la misma manera que las cuentas bancarias extranjeras para facilitar la evasión de impuestos"....more
In the fast-growing legalized cannabis industry, one of the major obstacles for businesses has been—and continues to be—access to banking services. Because cannabis remains a Schedule I drug and unlawful at the federal level...more
Tax Reform came and went and FATCA is still standing. While U.S. Corporations are now moving to a Territorial tax system, Individual U.S. Taxpayers living abroad ARE STILL REQUIRED to REPORT their worldwide income. ...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced significant changes to its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP), which it first offered in 2009. The IRS revised OVDP over the years, including introducing the...more
On April 9, 2018, IRS released Notice (IR-2018-87) to remind Taxpayers that hold foreign assets of their U.S. tax obligations which could include a filing requirement and a U.S. tax liability. This Notice applies to all U.S....more
The IRS recently announced that it would end the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP). The OVDP is an amnesty program that tens of thousands of taxpayers have used since 2009 to report previously undisclosed foreign...more
The IRS recently announced that it is ending its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) on September 28, 2018. ...more
The IRS recently announced it will be shutting down its successful Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) for unreported foreign bank accounts and income. The program will end September 28, 2018. Under the OVDP, first...more
On March 13th, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced that the offshore voluntary disclosure program ("OVDP"), which was first launched in 2009 and modified several times, will close to new taxpayers after September...more
As I discussed in a prior blog post, if you have more than $10,000 in a foreign bank account, you are obligated to file Form 114 (commonly known as an FBAR). Failure to make this filing can result in significant civil...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently advised that a financial institution is not required to file a Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) based solely upon a customer’s inquiry into or participation in a...more
PANA Issues Recommendations to European Parliament: Tougher Enforcement, Greater Transparency, Improved Information Sharing and Prohibitions Against Outsourcing of Customer Due Diligence....more
After the Panama Papers exposed efforts by wealthy individuals and government officials to hide funds offshore, government authorities around the world have responded with new legislation, regulations and enforcement actions...more