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Foreign Partnership Tax Attorneys should point out to their clients that Form 8865 should be used by US taxpayers to report the information required under IRC section 6038 (reporting regarding controlled foreign partnerships), section 6038B (reporting of transfers made to foreign partnerships), and/or section 6046A (reporting of acquisitions, dispositions, and changes in foreign partnership interests). […]
Upper-income US taxpayers should be aware that new deduction phase-out IRS rules in effect for 2013 tax returns to be filed in 2014 may increase their tax liabilities or reduce refunds. Two new important changes for high-earning individuals or couples are the new itemized deduction phase-outs and personal and dependent exemption deduction phase-outs. Because of […]
This post describes the Official 2008 FBAR Conversion Rates that should be used by U.S. taxpayers engaged in a voluntary disclosure of foreign financial accounts and filing late FBARs for 2008. Every year, the U.S. Department of Treasure publishes its official currency conversion rates (they are called “Treasury’s Financial Management Service rates”); I will refer […]
These Official Treasury 2009 FBAR Conversion Rates are posted here due to the fact that U.S. taxpayers who are doing voluntary disclosure for prior years with respect to delinquent FBARs are required to use these rates to prepare the FBARs for 2009. Every year, the U.S. Department of Treasure publishes its official currency conversion rates […]
Every year, the U.S. Department of Treasure publishes its official currency conversion rates (they are called “Treasury’s Financial Management Service rates”); I will refer to the “FBAR Conversion Rates”. Recently, the Treasury Department published the FBAR Conversion rates for December 31, 2013. While there are other good reasons for the existence of these rates, the […]