foreign assets: IRS Stamford CT: IRS Releases Guidance on Foreign Financial Asset Reporting
- 12/15/11 07:56 AM
We frequently get involved in helping taxpayers sort out their foreign bank account issues with the IRS in Stamford, CT and elsewhere. The Internal Revenue Service in coming days will release a new information reporting form that taxpayers will use starting this coming tax filing season to report specified foreign financial assets for tax year 2011. Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) will be filed by taxpayers with specific types and amounts of foreign financial assets or foreign accounts. It is important for taxpayers to determine whether they are subject to this new requirement because the law imposes significant penalties (0 comments)
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