On February 8, the Treasury Department issued new regulations related to the reporting required of “foreign financial institutions” under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Click here for a New York Times article on the changes.
As pointed out in that article, however, the new regulations do not address the concerns of individual filers abroad, alarmed at the extensive...
On January 9, the IRS announced that it was yet again reviving its program inviting those with undeclared accounts abroad to declare them, facing heavy penalties for not having filed previously but, in some cases, avoiding even higher penalties. Click here for the Bloomberg News article on this from the New York Times. Note that, as reported by the Associated...
It’s up and running! The 2012 FAWCO-OVF website for user-friendly voter registration…
Once again this year, we are proud to announce that, thanks to our long-standing partner Overseas Vote Foundation, military and overseas voters can register to vote and request their ballots directly from the FAWCO website, using the latest secure technology and benefiting from access to continuously updated state-specific...
While everyone knows (or should) that “U.S. persons” (citizens and green card holders) are required (above a very low minimum) to report their worldwide income to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, many do not actually owe tax because of credits given under tax treaties and because of the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE), now $92,400, credited against earned income (not...
In March of 2010, President Obama signed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) into law as part of the HIRE Act, requiring foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to report to the IRS specific data pertaining to U.S. persons (citizens, green card holders, “accidental citizens” born to Americans abroad, etc.), including annual debit and credit totals and any movements out of...
The August 31 deadline for voluntary disclosure of “offshore” bank accounts, extended by the IRS to September 9, has now passed.
"US persons" (citizens and green card holders) who are not yet in compliance with their tax and bank account reporting obligations should inform themselves and in some cases consult a tax professional. FAWCO will continue to post information on...