On April 2, 2009 the U.S. Treasury rolled out a Voluntary Disclosure program (expiring on September 22, 2009). The goal of this program is to bring into the fold undisclosed foreign bank accounts and with them, a lot of tax revenue. The voluntary disclosure program is confiscatory and will be a tough pill to swallow … Read more
Article by Kevin Thorn The deadline to apply to the IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program now over; however U.S. taxpayers still can file a voluntary disclosure under the IRS normal procedures. In 2009, the IRS and U.S. Department of Justice began its highly publicized investigation into Swiss bank UBS AG and U.S. accountholders who hid these … Read more
Senior figures from the international banking industry have been meeting with high-ranking officials from within the Obama administration to express their concern over proposals to strengthen the Qualified Intermediary (QI) program. The QI program was established in 2000 to encourage foreign banks to report details of their US clients to the US Internal Revenue Service … Read more
The U.S. Treasury has hinted that it may again offer an amnesty program for taxpayers hiding undeclared money in offshore accounts. Just before Christmas, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman commented about the success of 2009’s amnesty. He suggested that people with undeclared foreign accounts would get a second chance to come forward. Will another amnesty be … Read more