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There is a common misconception among Green Card Holders (a common name for US permanent residents) that their US income tax obligations are limited in nature in comparison to US citizens. In this article, I seek to dispel this erroneous myth and provide some general outlines of the US income tax obligations of Green Card […]
With the commencement of the new year, it is very important for business owners and corporate executives to focus on the main 2016 business income tax deadlines. In this short review of 2016 business income tax deadlines, I will focus only on the most common income tax deadlines of a corporation that operates on a […]
There has been a lot of confusion surrounding the new FBAR deadline. Since the FBAR is one of the most important US international tax deadlines, it is important to clarify the change in the FBAR filing deadline. What is “FBAR”? FinCEN Form 114, commonly known as FBAR, is the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial […]
As the New Year festivities are drawing to an end, the attention of hundreds of millions of US taxpayers focuses more and more on its annual US tax compliance in the calendar year 2016. In this brief article, I would like to summarize some of the most important deadlines of the calendar year 2016. Obviously, […]
The IRS underpayment and overpayment interest rates are highly important in US tax law in general, and offshore voluntary disclosures in particular. Not only do these rates determine the interest on additional tax liability on the amended tax returns, but the same rates are sued to determine the PFIC interest rate on “excess distributions”. During the […]