E-FILING OF FBAR IS NOW MANDATORY

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued its Final Notice requiring the electronic filing of most Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports by July 1, 2012. The mandated reports filed by financial institutions include: ◾Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)...

FBAR and FATCA for US citizens

The United States taxes its citizens and its resident aliens on their worldwide income. U.S. taxpayers are required to report their foreign income on their U.S. income tax return. They must also file and answer a series of questions on Schedule B to their U.S. income...

FATCA: Chasing down the fat cats

Chasing down the fat cats In 2010, the US Congress adopted a piece of legislation called the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to fight offshore tax evasion by its own citizens. The acronym seems a wry nod to President Barack Obama’s frequent denunciations of...