Finding A Tax Break In A Failed Like-kind Exchange

1031 exchanges can prove very useful. Every day, real estate investors exchange out of investment or business properties for like-kind properties while deferring capital gains all thanks to Internal Revenue Code Section 1031. The exchanger, of course, is restricted from immediately getting the sale proceeds; they go into an escrow fund maintained by a qualified … Read more

FBAR ? and what is method for individuals with international resources by Manendra Kothari

The purpose of FBAR is to allow people having offshore information to come out in the additional standard and offer them a way to have that money into the US in a “clean” way without getting any town or lawful criminal activity and only spending a little cost, if appropriate. The cost can be anywhere … Read more

Should you File, and then Opt Out?

Article by Lance Wallach February 8, 2011, the IRS 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI) program is a welcome but conditional amnesty allowing taxpayers with foreign accounts to come clean and get into compliance with the IRS. The program runs through Sept. 9, 2011.There’s been discussion of “opting out” of the program to take your … Read more