Foreign Bank Accounts If you have a foreign bank account that had a balance of at least $10,000 at any point during the calendar year, federal law requires you disclose the existence of such an account to the Internal Revenue Service. A taxpayer must file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (known as
foreign bank account report
IRS FBAR Requirements Part 2
To read part 1 of this post, click here. Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program The IRS reopened the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) in 2012 after taxpayers continued to express interest after the closure of the program in 2009 and 2011. The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, also known as the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, gives taxpayers
FBAR Requirements
Do you need to file a Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR)?Taxes are confusing, and international tax laws are even more complex. The IRS has been working diligently to create a better system to bring offshore accounts into compliance, and one way they have done this is through FBAR requirements including Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP)/Offshore