The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is fundamental as it affects how you report your finances, especially as an expat abroad. FATCA is why you may need to file a Report of Foreign Bank and ...

Under the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. taxpayers must file an FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) if their foreign financial account balances exceed $10,000 in aggregate at any point during a calendar year. A failure to ...

The Supreme Court is set to decide how penalties are determined for non-willful failure to comply with FBAR filing requirements. On June 21, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ...

The Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account, or FBAR, is an annual informational tax report that must be filed by certain U.S. individuals and legal entities to report their foreign bank accounts ...

IRVINE, Calif., April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. citizens who hold foreign bank accounts valuing more than $10,000 on any day of the year are required to report file a Report of Foreign Bank and ...

On Nov. 2, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Bittner v. United States. The case will decide how the penalty for failing to timely file a Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) is ...

When it comes to the FBAR filing requirements, if a taxpayer's nondisclosure is found to be willful, they may be subject to draconian penalties of up to 50% of the amount of the highest annual ...