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New FBAR Form: January 2012

In January of 2012, the IRS issued a new version of the Treasury FinCEN Form 114 formerly Form TD F 90-22.1, popularly known as the “FBAR” (the Report on Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts). This is a third revision of the FBAR in less than one year.  In March of 2011, the IRS made substantial […]

Mortgage Debt Forgiveness: Key Points

Under the current U.S. tax law, canceled debt is normally taxable to you, but there are exceptions. One of those exceptions is came into existence under the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. Under this law, married homeowners whose mortgage debt is partly or entirely forgiven during tax years 2007 through 2012 may exclude […]

Form W-2 Penalties

A W-2 is required to be filed by every employer who is engaged in a trade or business paying remuneration (including noncash payments) of $600 or more for a year in which services are performed by an employee.  A W-2 must be filed for each employee for whom income, Social Security, or Medicare tax was […]