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FBAR Lawyers Minneapolis

Sherayzen Law Office is a premier international law firm that specializes in FBAR compliance among other international tax issues. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, but it serves clients throughout the United States and overseas. FinCEN Form 114 formerly Form TD F 90-22.1, the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (commonly known as the […]

IRS FY 2012 Performance Results

The IRS released the statement describing its performance in the Fiscal Year 2012. The general results continued last year’s trend. In the enforcement area, audits of individuals topped 1 million for the sixth year in a row, with a 1.03% coverage rate out of all tax returns filed. Audits in the upper income ranges remained […]

FBAR Criminal Enforcement: Liechtenstein and Israel

The voluntary disclosure programs provided the IRS with an enormous amount of information regarding countries, banks and individuals involved in US taxpayers’ non-compliance with U.S. tax laws. With so much information, it was reasonable to expect that the IRS would not be satisfied with solely prosecuting Swiss banks. Year 2012 confirmed these expectations; building up […]

Tax-Free Transfers to Charity Renewed For Certain IRA Owners

On January 16, 2013, the IRS confirmed that certain owners of individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) have a limited time to make tax-free transfers to eligible charities and have them count for tax-year 2012. Pursuant to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, Congress extended for 2012 and 2013 the tax provision authorizing qualified charitable distributions […]