The FATCA registration website is projected to be accessible to financial institutions on August 19, 2013. Other key dates for registration, however, will be extended by six months. After the FATCA registration website opens, a financial institution will be able to...
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Big Business Tax Loopholes Targeted – The End May Be Near
As major nations learn of the tax loss caused by legal tax provisions exercised and optimized by Big Business such as Apple, Dell and Google, the G20 has requested measures to stop companies from shifting profits into tax haven countries.The Group of 20, or G20, is a...
Starting a New Business? IRS Offers Advice
Many decisions are made when starting a new business, including five issues the IRS has identified as key considerations. Whether it is the type of business you will form, the manner by which you report and pay taxes, the account method you may elect or day to day...
GAO Recommends Changes to Catch Tax Evasion by Offshore Account Quiet Disclosures
Early this year, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified an area of tax evasion the IRS may have missed. Specifically, taxpayers with undisclosed offshore accounts who have attempted to come into compliance quietly, and not through one of...
Disproportionate Penalties for FBAR Non-Filers
In the National Taxpayer Advocate's 2012 Report to Congress, it issued data highlighting the disproportionate penalties to account holders with undisclosed offshore accounts who participate in the IRS' Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP). Generally, if a...
Express Delivery FBAR Address and Mandatory Electronic Filing of FBAR Forms
As you likely are aware, FBARs are due June 30th, which is a date that cannot be extended, even when June 30th is on a weekend, as it is this year. Therefore, FBARs are due to be received by the Department of the Treasury in Detroit, Michigan, by Friday, June 28th. On...
Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare” Tax Considerations
The Affordable Care Act ("the Act," commonly referred to as "Obamacare") contains currently implemented tax provisions, as well as other that will be implemented during the next several years. According to the Internal Revenue Service, the following are some examples...
California based Apple, Inc. manages to avoid paying the IRS
Apple, Inc., which is based in the northern part of California, is best known for its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, along with several other innovative tech gadgets. It is not as well known for being able to avoid paying the IRS approximately $30 billion in taxes....
IRS Closes In On Secret Caribbean Accounts
The IRS is continuing to crack down on undisclosed foreign accounts. One common location for offshore accounts - the Caribbean - is now facing increasing scrutiny by the IRS.To read more, click here.
This time it’s the IRS that’s being investigated
Many in California have been subjected to scrutiny from the IRS. Well, this time, it's the IRS that's being investigated. The U.S. Attorney General instructed the FBI to begin an investigation into how the IRS has dealt with certain political groups that are...
