FBAR

Criminal, Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, International Tax, Streamlined Filing, Tax Evasion, Voluntary Disclosure

The Danger of a Quiet Disclosure

By Freeman Law Apr 19, 2020
Bank Secrecy Act, Cross-Border Tax Insights, FATCA, FBAR, International Tax, Offshore Tax, Voluntary Disclosure

The Government’s Warning to Taxpayers: False Certifications of Non-Willfulness Will Be Prosecuted

By Freeman Law Apr 15, 2020
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, International Tax, OVDP

Recent FBAR Case: Signing and Not Reading Tax Return Leads to $900,000 Penalty

By Jason B. Freeman Mar 12, 2020
Criminal, Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, Panama Papers, Tax Fraud, White-Collar Defense Insights

The Panama Papers: The First U.S. Conviction for Tax Fraud

By Jason B. Freeman Mar 09, 2020
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, Fines, International Tax, Penalties

International Reporting Penalties

By Freeman Law Jan 02, 2020
Bank Fraud, Cross-Border Tax Insights, Evasion, FBAR, Fines, Fraud, International Tax

Where Is the Limit on Penalties for Willful FBAR Violations?

By Freeman Law Dec 23, 2019
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, International Tax

The Recent FBAR Case Allows Multiple Penalties for Single Failure to File FBAR

By Jason B. Freeman Jul 16, 2019
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, Penalties

The Willful FBAR Penalty: Bedrosian and New Insights

By Jason B. Freeman Dec 24, 2018
Bank Secrecy Act, FBAR, International Tax, Penalties, Willfulness

FBAR Penalty Update

By Jason B. Freeman Oct 24, 2018
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, International Tax

Another FBAR Penalty Case Demonstrates the Perils of Failing to Report a Foreign Account

By Jason B. Freeman Jun 16, 2018
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, International Tax

The Colliot Decision: The Government Loses an FBAR Case that May Change International Reporting Penalties

By Jason B. Freeman Jun 05, 2018
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FATCA, FBAR, International Tax, Offshore Tax, OVDP

The Paradise Papers Continue to Shed Light on the Use of Offshore Tax Havens

By Freeman Law Apr 18, 2018
Bank Secrecy Act, FBAR, White-Collar Defense Insights, Willfulness

IRS Required to Return FBAR “Penalty:” Penalty was “Illegally Exacted”

By Jason B. Freeman Sep 22, 2017
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, International Tax, Streamlined Filing

Non-US Residents May Still Be Subject to FBAR Reporting Guidelines

By Freeman Law Jun 12, 2017
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, White-Collar Defense Insights, Willfulness

How the FBAR’s “Willfulness” Element Has Recently Evolved

By Freeman Law Apr 07, 2017
Bank Secrecy Act, Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR, Fraud, International Tax, Offshore Tax, OVDP, Willfulness

Former University Professor sentenced to Prison for Hiding over $220 Million in Offshore Accounts—Pays $100 Million to Resolve FBAR Penalties

By Jason B. Freeman Feb 24, 2017
Cross-Border Tax Insights, FBAR

FinCEN Announces Automatic FBAR Extension

By Jason B. Freeman Jan 09, 2017
Bank Secrecy Act, Defenses, FBAR, Tax Litigation Insights, White-Collar Defense Insights, Willfulness

Litigating FBAR Penalties | The Burden of Proof and the Meaning of Willfulness

By Jason B. Freeman Dec 16, 2016